Total Crime Rate

142.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 142.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 58.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Other theft 32.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.5 8/10
  • Robbery 13.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Richmond Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Newtown and St Leonard's , and the 80th highest crime rate of 394 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 Richmond Road (EX4 4JA) in the last 12 months was 142.9 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Richmond Road (EX4 4JA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 140 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Richmond Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/41)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Exeter Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paul Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Queen Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Iron Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Iron Bridge Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Exeter Central —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Paul Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Paul Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Paul Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Exeter Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Mitre Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Mitre Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Queen Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodbine Terrace —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Lower North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Northernhay Gate —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dinham Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dinham Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dinham Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Iron Bridge Further investigation is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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