Crime Rates at Meadfoot Cross, Torquay, TQ1 2EB

Meadfoot Cross area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 468 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 Meadfoot Cross (TQ1 2EB) in the last 12 months was 148.4 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% higher 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadfoot Cross (TQ1 2EB), the main crime hotspot is near St Mark'S Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.