Total Crime Rate
11.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ridgeway Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 29th lowest crime rate of 465 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 Ridgeway Road (TQ1 2HE) in the last 12 months was 11.9 per 1,000 residents and was 88.3% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ridgeway Road (TQ1 2HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kents Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kents Lane (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ellacombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Erith Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kents Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kents Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kents Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodend Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lincombe Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kents Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kents Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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