Total Crime Rate

113.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 17.1 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Salterton Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Exmouth Littleham , and the 38th highest crime rate of 480 local areas in East Devon .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Salterton Road (EX8 2PA) in the last 12 months was 113.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.8% higher than the Exmouth Littleham average (71.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Salterton Road (EX8 2PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Liverton Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Salterton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Green —
Sep 2025Other theft The Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Capel Lane —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Salterton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Summer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountain Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountain Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Village Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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