Total Crime Rate
129.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ilsham Close area has the 39th highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 105th highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Torbay .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ilsham Close (TQ1 2JA) in the last 12 months was 129.9 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% higher than the Ellacombe average (102.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 42.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ilsham Close (TQ1 2JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ilsham Close, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ilsham Crescent (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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