Total Crime Rate
3482.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1597.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gandy Street area has the highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Newtown and St Leonard's , and the 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 Gandy Street (EX4 3LS) in the last 12 months was 3482.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2477.1% 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 489 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 8 cases , up 60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -6.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 599 (≈ 1597.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gandy Street (EX4 3LS), 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 | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Palace Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gater Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gater Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palace Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Exeter Central | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northernhay Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cathedral Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Olave'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Olave'S Close | Under investigation |
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