Total Crime Rate
2102.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
992.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fore Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Newtown and St Leonard's , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 394 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 Fore Street (EX4 3HR) in the last 12 months was 2102.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1455.7% 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 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 126 (≈ 992.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fore Street (EX4 3HR), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cathedral Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cathedral Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cathedral Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cathedral Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cathedral Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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