Total Crime Rate
118.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Perrimans Row area has the 9th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Exmouth Town , and the 41st 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 Perrimans Row (EX8 1LS) in the last 12 months was 118.2 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Perrimans Row (EX8 1LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rolle Street (29 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albion Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danby Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rolle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rolle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rolle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | New North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rolle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bicton Street | Under investigation |
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