Total Crime Rate

129.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 32.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.9 7/10
  • Other theft 25.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Pauls Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in St Marychurch , and the 112th highest crime rate of 465 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 St Pauls Road (TQ1 3QF) in the last 12 months was 129.1 per 1,000 residents and was 52.2% higher than the St Marychurch average (84.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Pauls Road (TQ1 3QF), the main crime hotspot is near St Marychurch Road. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Pauls Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Locksley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bronshill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fortune Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fortune Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fortune Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blythwoods Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bronshill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greystone Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Edmund'S Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Netherleigh Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marnham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marnham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marnham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Westlands Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westlands Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westlands Lane —
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Edmund'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Edmund'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westlands Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Locksley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Margaret'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Marychurch Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tramways Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Paul'S Crescent —

Data Sources

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