Total Crime Rate

109.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 109.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.3 7/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Church Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Heavitree , and the 106th highest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Street (EX2 5EP) in the last 12 months was 109.6 per 1,000 residents and was 103.3% higher than the Heavitree average (53.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (EX2 5EP), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 192 crimes here, including 133 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Fore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haldon View Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Fore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fore Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brewery Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Fore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fore Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Under investigation
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Data Sources

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