Total Crime Rate
240.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
170.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hatfield Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 45th 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 Hatfield Road (TQ1 3BW) in the last 12 months was 240.4 per 1,000 residents and was 135.4% 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 40.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 170.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hatfield Road (TQ1 3BW), the main crime hotspot is near Hatfield Road. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ellacombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethel Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Studley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Briary Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellacombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lords Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alexandra Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Shirburn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briary Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Briary Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windsor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Potters Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Potters Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Potters Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethel Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Studley Road | Under investigation |
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