Total Crime Rate
156.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Acland Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Duryard and St James , and the 65th highest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Acland Road (EX4 6PN) in the last 12 months was 156.1 per 1,000 residents and was 106.9% higher than the Duryard and St James average (75.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -93.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (β 63.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Acland Road (EX4 6PN), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 426 crimes here, including 191 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Duryard and St James| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Exeter Bus And Coach Stataion | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheeke Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bampfylde Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bampfylde Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bampfylde Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bampfylde Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Exeter Bus And Coach Stataion | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Exeter Bus And Coach Stataion | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exeter Bus And Coach Stataion | β |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Acland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paris Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paris Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Paris Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheeke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sidwell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sidwell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chichester Mews | β |
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