Total Crime Rate
48.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pinhoe Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Heavitree , and the 162nd lowest crime rate of 394 local areas in Exeter .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pinhoe Road (EX4 8EJ) in the last 12 months was 48.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.1% lower than the Heavitree average (61.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pinhoe Road (EX4 8EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Masefield Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Exeter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grenville Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lloyds Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Margaret Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillyfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stratford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Warwick Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lloyds Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lloyds Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lloyds Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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