Total Crime Rate

27.7 per 1,000 3/10 · 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 27.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.8 5/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Barrowdale Close area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Exmouth Halsdon , and the 197th lowest 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 Barrowdale Close (EX8 5PN) in the last 12 months was 27.7 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barrowdale Close (EX8 5PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hollymount Close, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brackendale (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barrowdale Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yew Tree Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cherry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wordsworth Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wordsworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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