Total Crime Rate
35.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mount Pleasant Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Duryard and St James , and the 119th 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 Mount Pleasant Road (EX4 7AD) in the last 12 months was 35.7 per 1,000 residents and was 48.0% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mount Pleasant Road (EX4 7AD), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tresillian Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prospect Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Blackboy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thurlow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nichols Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thurlow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thurlow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Tiverton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Tiverton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Tiverton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Tiverton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Tiverton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Tiverton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 |
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