Total Crime Rate

47.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 47.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Withycombe Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Exmouth Halsdon , and the 168th highest crime rate of 480 local areas in East Devon .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Withycombe Road (EX8 1TJ) in the last 12 months was 47.9 per 1,000 residents and was 55.9% higher than the Exmouth Halsdon average (30.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 21.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Withycombe Road (EX8 1TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lawn Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Withycombe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Danby Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dening Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Belvedere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waverley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leslie Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marpool Hill
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Danby Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Windsor Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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