Total Crime Rate

14.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 14.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.6 1/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 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

Carter Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Exmouth Halsdon , and the 74th lowest crime rate of 480 local areas in East Devon .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Carter Avenue (EX8 3EF) in the last 12 months was 14.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.5% lower than the Exmouth Halsdon average (30.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Carter Avenue (EX8 3EF), the main crime hotspot is near Leslie Road. Police recorded 13 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Carter Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leslie Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Halsdon Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hartopp Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hartopp Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartopp Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartopp Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waverley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Halsdon Avenue
Sep 2025Shoplifting Egremont Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egremont Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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