Total Crime Rate

793.6 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 793.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 267.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 222.4 10/10
  • Public order 75.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 48.0 8/10
  • Other theft 40.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 23.3 10/10
  • Drugs 20.4 10/10
  • Burglary 14.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 14.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.6 10/10
  • Robbery 10.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Other crime 1.5 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

Sidwell 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.

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Crime Over Time in Sidwell Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northernhay Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sidwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sidwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King William Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King William Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paris Street Under investigation
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 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Northernhay Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Oxford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exeter Bus And Coach Stataion
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Exeter Bus And Coach Stataion Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Exeter Bus And Coach Stataion Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Exeter Bus And Coach Stataion Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Longbrook Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oxford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Longbrook Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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