Total Crime Rate
76.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Exeter Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Exmouth Town , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 480 local areas in East Devon .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Exeter Road (EX8 1QD) in the last 12 months was 76.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% lower than the Exmouth Town average (117.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Exeter Road (EX8 1QD), the main crime hotspot is near Parade. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Exmouth Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New North Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Egremont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | New North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartopp Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hartopp Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartopp Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartopp Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | New North Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Egremont Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parade | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New North Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New North Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New North Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Danby Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Windsor Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Albion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Albion Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Street | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Belvedere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Danby Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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