Total Crime Rate
793.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sidwell Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Newtown and St Leonard's , and the 8th highest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sidwell Street (EX4 6RR) in the last 12 months was 793.6 per 1,000 residents and was 491.7% higher than the Newtown and St Leonard's average (134.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 184 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 251 (≈ 364.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sidwell Street (EX4 6RR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 263 crimes here, including 88 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Newtown and St Leonard's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northernhay Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sidwell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sidwell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King William Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | King William Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paris Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Northernhay Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exeter Bus And Coach Stataion | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | 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 | Public order | Exeter Bus And Coach Stataion | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Longbrook Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Longbrook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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