Total Crime Rate

97.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Main Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Mincinglake and Whipton , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Main Road (EX4 8HS) in the last 12 months was 97.0 per 1,000 residents and was 20.9% higher than the Mincinglake and Whipton average (80.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Main Road (EX4 8HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Main Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harringcourt Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Mincinglake and Whipton

Crime Over Time in Main Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Main Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Monkerton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Pinhoe Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinhoe Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sanders Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Pinn Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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