Newtown and St Leonard's
WardCentral Exeter. About 11,940 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 89% of people in Newtown and St Leonard's live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Newtown and St Leonard's compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Newtown and St Leonard's safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newtown and St Leonard's at a rate of 123.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 108.9 per 1,000 people across Exeter.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 114 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Newtown and St Leonard's.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (555), other crime (308) and anti-social behaviour (297).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Exeter
These figures are published for the whole of Exeter, not for each ward, so they describe all of Exeter and not Newtown and St Leonard's alone. See Exeter
Newtown and St Leonard's in brief
Newtown and St Leonard's had 10,851 usual residents at the census.
About 89% of people in Newtown and St Leonard's live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Newtown and St Leonard's, 83.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Newtown and St Leonard's, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.