Crime Rates at Higher Downs Road, Torquay, TQ1 3LD

Higher Downs Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 114th 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 Higher Downs Road (TQ1 3LD) in the last 12 months was 119.5 per 1,000 residents and was 25.0% higher than the Barton with Watcombe average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 51.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Higher Downs Road (TQ1 3LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cary Avenue (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.