Crime Rates at Barnardo Road, Exeter, EX2 4ND

Barnardo Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Newtown and St Leonard's , and the 140th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Exeter .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Barnardo Road (EX2 4ND) in the last 12 months was 89.4 per 1,000 residents and was 33.8% lower than the Newtown and St Leonard's average (135.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barnardo Road (EX2 4ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Melbourne Place, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.