Total Crime Rate
37.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rosebery Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Duryard and St James , and the 124th lowest crime rate of 394 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 Rosebery Road (EX4 6LT) in the last 12 months was 37.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% lower than the Duryard and St James average (68.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rosebery Road (EX4 6LT), the main crime hotspot is near Thurlow Road. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Exeter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tresillian Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thurlow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Blackboy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prospect Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Belmont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belmont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Tiverton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Tiverton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Tiverton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thurlow Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thurlow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thurlow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Tiverton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Tiverton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nichols Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Tiverton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stadium Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stadium Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stadium Way | — |
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