Total Crime Rate
264.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Imperial Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Exmouth Town , and the 9th highest crime rate of 479 local areas in East Devon .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Imperial Road (EX8 1DQ) in the last 12 months was 264.7 per 1,000 residents and was 111.5% higher than the Exmouth Town average (125.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 78.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Imperial Road (EX8 1DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Strand (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | New North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Queen'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Esplanade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morton Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marine Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Exmouth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
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