Crime Rate in King's Ash, ward

King's Ash has the 5th highest crime rate of 16 wards in Torbay district and the 2438th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 163rd highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in King's Ash in the last 12 months was 85.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% lower than the Torbay district average (110.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, King's Ash’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 384 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 11.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -47.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 432 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the King's Ash ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 125 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Queen Elizabeth Drive (36 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.