Crime Statistics for Exeter Canal, Exeter, Devon, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Exeter Canal in August 2024. There were a total of 52 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Exeter Canal, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime15
Anti Social Behaviour12
Public Order5
Criminal Damage Arson5
Other Theft4
Other Crime3
Vehicle Crime3
Drugs2
Possession Of Weapons1
Shoplifting1
Burglary1
All Crime52

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Exeter Canal. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Exeter Canal

We've taken the ten nearest places to Exeter Canal and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Exeter Canal has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Heavitree (1.9 miles)203
Sandy Gate (1.52 miles)77
Lower Wear (0.37 miles)54
Exeter Canal52
Clyst St Mary (1.94 miles)42
Topsham (1.07 miles)32
Clyst (1.5 miles)32
Alphington (2.23 miles)19
Exminster (1.3 miles)16
Clyst St George (2.2 miles)13

9.7%
of Topsham residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Exeter Canal?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Exeter Canal and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Heavitree94
Sandy Gate30
Lower Wear19
Exeter Canal15
Clyst St Mary14
Alphington13
Clyst11
Topsham7
Exminster5
Clyst St George5

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Exeter Canal?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Exeter Canal to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Exeter Canal compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Exeter Canal and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Exeter Canal is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1St David's54
2St Thomas44
3Newtown and St Leonard's42
4Priory33
5Alphington30
6Topsham29
7Heavitree29
8Kenn Valley21
9St Loyes19
10Clyst Valley6
11Woodbury & Lympstone3

Which road in Exeter Canal has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Exeter Canal with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Lower Wear Road.

Last updated: August 2024
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