Crime Statistics for Exeter, Devon, 2024

Crime statistics for Exeter, Exeter

There were a total of 13 street level crime incidents in Exeter in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Other Theft, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Other Theft6
Violent Crime3
Drugs1
Theft From The Person1
Shoplifting1
Public Order1
All Crime13

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Exeter. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Exeter

We've taken the ten nearest places to Exeter and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Exeter has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Exeter13
Duryard (1.39 miles)13
Pennsylvania (1.24 miles)13
Exwick (1.39 miles)12
Polsloe (0.88 miles)1
Redhills (1.24 miles)0
Alphington (1.96 miles)0
Stoke Hill (1.39 miles)0
Ide (2.24 miles)0
Heavitree (1.24 miles)0

11.89%
of St Thomas (Exeter) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Exeter?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Exeter and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Exeter3
Duryard3
Pennsylvania3
Exwick3
Polsloe0
Redhills0
Alphington0
Stoke Hill0
Ide0
Heavitree0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Exeter?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Exeter to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Exeter compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Exeter and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Exeter is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1St David's54
2Duryard and St James44
3St Thomas44
4Exwick44
5Newtown and St Leonard's42
6Pennsylvania33
7Priory33
8Alphington30
9Topsham29
10Heavitree29
11Kenn Valley21

Which road in Exeter has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Exeter with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Sussex Close.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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