Total Crime Rate

43.8 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 43.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.1 6/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Birchwood Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Exmouth Brixington , and the 183rd 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 Birchwood Road (EX8 4LG) in the last 12 months was 43.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.2% higher than the Exmouth Brixington average (29.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 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 12 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchwood Road (EX8 4LG), the main crime hotspot is near Cunningham Road. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Birchwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Churchill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Humphries Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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