Total Crime Rate

89.7 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 89.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 13.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Burglary 1.7 1/10
  • Other crime 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Post Coach Way area has the 10th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Cranbrook , and the 74th highest crime rate of 480 local areas in East Devon .

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 Post Coach Way (EX5 7BR) in the last 12 months was 89.7 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% higher than the Cranbrook average (61.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Post Coach Way (EX5 7BR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crimson King, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Barton (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Post Coach Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatsheaf Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Barton Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mead Cross Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Barton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inner Westland Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hayes Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Younghayes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayfield Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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