Crime in EX17 2
How much crime is recorded in EX17 2, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Mid Devon
- Region
- South West
- Population
- 12,442 (2024)
EX17 2Postcode sector · Crediton
How safe is EX17 2
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 23.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in EX17 2, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2024.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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Postcodes in this sector
- EX17 2AA
- EX17 2AD
- EX17 2AE
- EX17 2AG
- EX17 2AH
- EX17 2AJ
- EX17 2AN
- EX17 2AP
- EX17 2AQ
- EX17 2AR
- EX17 2AS
- EX17 2AT
- EX17 2AU
- EX17 2AW
- EX17 2AX
- EX17 2AY
- EX17 2AZ
- EX17 2BA
- EX17 2BD
- EX17 2BE
- EX17 2BG
- EX17 2BJ
- EX17 2BL
- EX17 2BN
- EX17 2BP
- EX17 2BQ
- EX17 2BS
- EX17 2BT
- EX17 2BU
- EX17 2BW
- EX17 2BX
- EX17 2BY
- EX17 2BZ
- EX17 2DA
- EX17 2DB
- EX17 2DD
- EX17 2DE
- EX17 2DF
- EX17 2DG
- EX17 2DH
- EX17 2DJ
- EX17 2DL
- EX17 2DN
- EX17 2DP
- EX17 2DQ
- EX17 2DR
- EX17 2DS
- EX17 2DT