Total Crime Rate
93.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lower Fore Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Exmouth Town , and the 64th highest crime rate of 479 local areas in East Devon .
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 Lower Fore Street (EX8 1HT) in the last 12 months was 93.2 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% lower than the Exmouth Town average (125.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Fore Street (EX8 1HT), 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 | Vehicle crime | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Strand | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Strand | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Beacon | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albion Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Strand | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Strand | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danby Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Strand | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beacon Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
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