Crime Rate in St David's, ward

St David's has the highest crime rate of 13 wards in Exeter district and the 70th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 7th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in St David's in the last 12 months was 353.9 per 1,000 residents and was 200.8% higher than the Exeter district average (117.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St David's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,532 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 27 cases , down -6.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 97.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -22.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,870 (≈ 143.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St David's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 729 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around North Street (255 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.