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Crime in EX4 6

How much crime is recorded in EX4 6, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Exeter
Region
South West
Population
22,839 (2024)
Crime

How safe is EX4 6

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 32.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in EX4 6, 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
32.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
75
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

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).

EX4 6National
Violence and sexual offences27.023.6
Shoplifting13.28.4
Anti-social behaviour11.810.7
Burglary8.19.1
Criminal damage and arson5.84.7
Other theft4.54.5
Public order4.24.6
Drugs2.02.4
Bicycle theft1.91.0
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Robbery1.61.4
Other crime1.31.5
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Theft from the person0.92.1
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2024.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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