Total Crime Rate
67.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Victoria Park Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in St Marychurch , and the 217th highest crime rate of 465 local areas in Torbay .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Park Road (TQ1 3QH) in the last 12 months was 67.7 per 1,000 residents and was 20.2% lower than the St Marychurch average (84.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (β 22.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Park Road (TQ1 3QH), 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 St Marychurch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fortune Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westlands Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Edmund'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Edmund'S Road | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Westlands Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westlands Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edmund'S Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fortune Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tramways | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Netherleigh Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Paul'S Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronshill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronshill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berachah Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Blythwoods Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Westlands Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hatfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fortune Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shirburn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lower Shirburn Road | Under investigation |
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