Total Crime Rate
10.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornwall Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Alphington , and the 25th lowest crime rate of 394 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 Cornwall Street (EX4 1BU) in the last 12 months was 10.0 per 1,000 residents and was 88.4% lower than the Alphington average (86.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Cornwall Street (EX4 1BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 213 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Francis Close (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Exeter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Francis Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Francis Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Prospect Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drakes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prospect Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prospect Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prospect Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prospect Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Francis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Levers Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drakes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drakes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cambridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wardrew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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