Total Crime Rate

171.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 171.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.6 9/10
  • Public order 21.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Barnfield Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Newtown and St Leonard's , and the 58th highest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Barnfield Road (EX1 1RX) in the last 12 months was 171.7 per 1,000 residents and was 28.0% higher than the Newtown and St Leonard's average (134.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 94.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barnfield Road (EX1 1RX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 173 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Barnfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/51)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paris Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chichester Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bampfylde Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stover Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stover Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bampfylde Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Paris Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paris Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Exeter Bus And Coach Stataion Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Exeter Bus And Coach Stataion Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Radnor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Radnor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Radnor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Radnor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Radnor Place —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Exeter Bus And Coach Stataion Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exeter Bus And Coach Stataion —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bampfylde Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bampfylde Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
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Data Sources

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