Total Crime Rate

650.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 650.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 309.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 131.9 10/10
  • Drugs 46.0 10/10
  • Other theft 39.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.7 10/10
  • Public order 33.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 15.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 9.2 8/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Mint area has the 7th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Newtown and St Leonard's , and the 10th highest crime rate of 398 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 The Mint (EX4 3BL) in the last 12 months was 650.3 per 1,000 residents and was 384.9% higher than the Newtown and St Leonard's average (134.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 101 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 1200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -35.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 117 (≈ 358.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Mint (EX4 3BL), the main crime hotspot is near North Street. Police recorded 462 crimes here, including 255 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Mint area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/224)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Little Queen Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Commercial Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Little Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northernhay Square —
Sep 2025Burglary Northernhay Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northernhay Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Little Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northernhay Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northernhay Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Northernhay Gate Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northernhay Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northernhay Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Commercial Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Commercial Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Little Queen Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cathedral Yard —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cathedral Yard —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cathedral Yard —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stepcote Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cathedral Yard —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cathedral Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cathedral Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Little Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Little Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fiernhay Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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