Crime Rates at Friars Gate, Exeter, EX2 4AZ

Friars Gate area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Newtown and St Leonard's , and the 72nd 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 Friars Gate (EX2 4AZ) in the last 12 months was 142.2 per 1,000 residents and was 6.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 116.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 71.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Friars Gate (EX2 4AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Quay Hill. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.