Crime Rates at Lower North Street, Exeter, EX4 3ET

Lower North Street area has the 28th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Newtown and St Leonard's , and the 88th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Exeter .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower North Street (EX4 3ET) in the last 12 months was 135.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower North Street (EX4 3ET), 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.