Total Crime Rate

89.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 89.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Babbacombe Road area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 170th highest crime rate of 465 local areas in Torbay .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Babbacombe Road (TQ1 1HG) in the last 12 months was 89.8 per 1,000 residents and was 11.5% lower than the Ellacombe average (101.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 47.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Babbacombe Road (TQ1 1HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Torwood Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stitchill Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Babbacombe Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Torwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Meadfoot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Museum Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Torwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Torwood Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Torwood Street —
Sep 2025Public order Stitchill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Meadfoot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Museum Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vanehill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Torwood Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Old Torwood Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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