Total Crime Rate
131.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Victoria Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 105th highest crime rate of 465 local areas in Torbay .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Road (TQ1 1HY) in the last 12 months was 131.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% higher 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 67.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Road (TQ1 1HY), the main crime hotspot is near Hatfield Road. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ellacombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Locksley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennsylvania Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Potters Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Potters Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pembroke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warberry Road West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Briary Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dunmere Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dunmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hoxton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoxton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoxton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Orchard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Briary Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hatfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berachah Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hatfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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