Total Crime Rate

217.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 217.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 143.9 10/10
  • Other crime 35.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Other theft 11.1 8/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.9 1/10
  • Robbery 1.9 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Howell Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Duryard and St James , and the 45th 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 Howell Road (EX4 4LT) in the last 12 months was 217.7 per 1,000 residents and was 188.5% higher 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 Violence and sexual offences with 78 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 151.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Howell Road (EX4 4LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 108 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 Howell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Mowbray Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Prison 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Thornton Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thornton Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Thornton Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornton Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Waverley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation

Data Sources

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