Total Crime Rate

136.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 136.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Barton Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 96th highest crime rate of 465 local areas in Torbay .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Barton Road (TQ1 4DL) in the last 12 months was 136.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.4% higher than the Ellacombe average (101.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 58.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 64.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barton Road (TQ1 4DL), the main crime hotspot is near Woodland Road. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Ellacombe

Crime Over Time in Barton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Lindfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arthington —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newton Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newton Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newton Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charlotte Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Woodland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Road Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 13 of 13

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑