Total Crime Rate
56.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rosemary Street area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Alphington , and the 180th 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 Rosemary Street (EX4 1QX) in the last 12 months was 56.0 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% lower than the Alphington average (86.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 30.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rosemary Street (EX4 1QX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bowhay Lane, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Landhayes Road (11 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 | Bowhay Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellpark Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Barley Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowhay Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Little Barley | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Myrtle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Savile Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Landhayes Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Merrivale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowhay Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merrivale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linfield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merrivale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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