Total Crime Rate
22.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lower Warberry Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 79th lowest crime rate of 468 local areas in Torbay .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Warberry Road (TQ1 1QS) in the last 12 months was 22.0 per 1,000 residents and was 78.4% lower than the Ellacombe average (102.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Warberry Road (TQ1 1QS), the main crime hotspot is near Old Torwood Road. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wellswood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Higher Warberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stitchill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marlborough Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Warberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Old Torwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Torwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Torwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lisburne Square | — |
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