Total Crime Rate
822.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
481.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mary Arches Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Newtown and St Leonard's , and the 7th 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 Mary Arches Street (EX4 3BA) in the last 12 months was 822.1 per 1,000 residents and was 508.3% higher than the Newtown and St Leonard's average (135.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 128 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 157 (≈ 481.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mary Arches Street (EX4 3BA), the main crime hotspot is near North Street. Police recorded 510 crimes here, including 271 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 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
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