Total Crime Rate
205.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Netherleigh Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 49th highest crime rate of 465 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 Netherleigh Road (TQ1 3HB) in the last 12 months was 205.6 per 1,000 residents and was 102.6% higher than the Ellacombe average (101.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (β 125.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 111.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Netherleigh Road (TQ1 3HB), the main crime hotspot is near Hatfield Road. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ellacombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Locksley Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westlands Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Edmund'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Edmund'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fortune Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fortune Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fortune Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berachah Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Blythwoods Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronshill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronshill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Netherleigh Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westlands Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westlands Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marychurch Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Westlands Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marnham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marnham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marnham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dunmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dunmere Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greystone Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Belmont Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cary Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cary Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edmund'S Road | β |
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