Total Crime Rate
20.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Victoria Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Duryard and St James , and the 69th lowest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Street (EX4 6JQ) in the last 12 months was 20.6 per 1,000 residents and was 72.7% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 10.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Street (EX4 6JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St James Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Duryard and St James| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hoopern Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hillsborough Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Green Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Sidwell'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Higher King'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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