Postcode · Exeter
Crime in EX3 0GF
How much crime is recorded in EX3 0GF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Countess Wear & Topsham
- Council
- Exeter
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,397 (2024)
How safe is EX3 0GF
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 34.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the EX3 0GF area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
34.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
60
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
EX3 0GFNational
Violence and sexual offences29.023.6
Burglary13.89.1
Anti-social behaviour6.310.7
Criminal damage and arson6.04.7
Public order4.84.6
Other theft3.24.5
Other crime3.11.5
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Drugs0.72.4
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Shoplifting0.68.4
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 77% since 2024.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
20242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.