Total Crime Rate
93.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fortune Way area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 154th highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Torbay .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fortune Way (TQ1 3PG) in the last 12 months was 93.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.7% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 46.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fortune Way (TQ1 3PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fortune Way (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Marychurch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Edmund'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lords Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westlands Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Edmund'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guestland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guestland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guestland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Guestland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cary Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fortune Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fortune Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plainmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Margaret'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Edmund'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Edmund'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Edmund'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Edmund'S Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Edmund'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Edmund'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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