Total Crime Rate

77.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 77.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other theft 3.2 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Rivermead Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Newtown and St Leonard's , and the 155th highest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rivermead Road (EX2 4RL) in the last 12 months was 77.7 per 1,000 residents and was 42.1% lower 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 Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 550.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 135.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rivermead Road (EX2 4RL), the main crime hotspot is near Rivermead Road. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rivermead Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeville Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rivermead Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivermead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knightley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivermead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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