Crime Rates at Mount Wear Square, Exeter, EX2 7BW

Mount Wear Square area has the highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Priory , and the 33rd 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 Mount Wear Square (EX2 7BW) in the last 12 months was 261.7 per 1,000 residents and was 161.7% higher than the Priory average (100.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 129.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 78.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mount Wear Square (EX2 7BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glasshouse Lane, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heneaton Square (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.