Crime Rates at Little Castle Street, Exeter, EX4 3PX

Little Castle Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Newtown and St Leonard's , and the 6th 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 Little Castle Street (EX4 3PX) in the last 12 months was 886.9 per 1,000 residents and was 561.3% 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 149 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 185 (≈ 332.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Little Castle Street (EX4 3PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 386 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (194 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.