Total Crime Rate
3565.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Newtown and St Leonard's , and the highest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (EX4 3EB) in the last 12 months was 3565.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2558.3% 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 503 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 5 cases , up 66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 601 (≈ 1602.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (EX4 3EB), 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.
View Crime In Newtown and St Leonard's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cathedral Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northernhay Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northernhay Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Iron Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Northernhay Gate | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northernhay Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coombe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Northernhay Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Northernhay Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northernhay Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Coombe Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coombe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northernhay Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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