Total Crime Rate

53.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 53.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.3 8/10
  • Drugs 11.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.7 4/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackall Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Duryard and St James , and the 185th lowest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackall Road (EX4 4HE) in the last 12 months was 53.6 per 1,000 residents and was 28.9% lower than the Duryard and St James average (75.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackall Road (EX4 4HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 151 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prison (73 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blackall Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen'S Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longbrook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King William Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longbrook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longbrook Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longbrook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longbrook Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longbrook Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longbrook Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longbrook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Longbrook Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Longbrook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Longbrook Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Mowbray Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Waverley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area

Data Sources

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