Total Crime Rate
91.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Exeter Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Bradley , and the 74th highest crime rate of 431 local areas in Teignbridge .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Exeter Road (TQ12 2NH) in the last 12 months was 91.9 per 1,000 residents and was 108.0% higher than the Bradley average (44.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 88.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Exeter Road (TQ12 2NH), the main crime hotspot is near Highweek Street. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Highweek Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Annes Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandford View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Netley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Netley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Netley Road | Under investigation |
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