Total Crime Rate
21.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beacon Lane area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Mincinglake and Whipton , and the 72nd lowest crime rate of 398 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 Beacon Lane (EX4 8LL) in the last 12 months was 21.4 per 1,000 residents and was 73.4% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beacon Lane (EX4 8LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Northbrook Close, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fouracre Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mincinglake and Whipton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Northbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Excalibur Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Modred Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Northbrook Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Northbrook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Guinevere Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tor Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlin Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Modred Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Excalibur Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Excalibur Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Excalibur Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Excalibur Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Modred Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Calthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camelot Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Roundtable Meet | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmonton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camelot Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Uplands Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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