Total Crime Rate
5.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Raleigh Road area has the lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Exmouth Littleham , and the 17th lowest 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 Raleigh Road (EX8 2SB) in the last 12 months was 5.5 per 1,000 residents and was 92.1% lower than the Exmouth Littleham average (69.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Raleigh Road (EX8 2SB), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rolle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rolle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | 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 | 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 | Rolle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Albion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bicton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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