Total Crime Rate

142.2 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 142.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.7 8/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Drugs 9.5 8/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Friars Green 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 Green (EX2 4DB) 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 Green (EX2 4DB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 207 crimes here, including 111 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Friars Green area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/88)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cathedral Yard —
Sep 2025Drugs Colleton Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lansdowne Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cathedral Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cathedral Yard —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cathedral Yard —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cathedral Yard —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Quay Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Quay Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Quay Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cathedral Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cathedral Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quay Hill —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coombe Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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