Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sunbury Terrace area has the 41st highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 110th 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 Sunbury Terrace (TQ1 3EB) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.4% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 61.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sunbury Terrace (TQ1 3EB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 158 crimes here, including 60 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 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scarborough Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scarborough Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Zion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Upton Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarborough Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunbury Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunbury Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sunbury Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarborough Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Magdalene Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cypress Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cypress Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Union Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Union Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morgan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Morgan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palm Road | — |
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