Total Crime Rate

11.9 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 11.9 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Higher Erith 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 Higher Erith Road (TQ1 2NH) 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 Higher Erith Road (TQ1 2NH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Higher Erith Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Higher Erith Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kents Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kents Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kents Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kents Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kents Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodend Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lincombe Hill Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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