Total Crime Rate
166.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Guys Road area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Exwick , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Exeter .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Guys Road (EX4 2AN) in the last 12 months was 166.0 per 1,000 residents and was 160.3% higher than the Exwick average (63.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 87.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Guys Road (EX4 2AN), the main crime hotspot is near Foxhayes Road. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Exeter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellpark Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Landhayes Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camberely Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxhayes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exwick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exwick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Simey Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coventry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ennerdale Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Guys Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Levers Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guys Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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