Total Crime Rate

117.1 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 117.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.1 9/10
  • Other theft 12.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 7/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Lymington Road area has the 45th highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 129th 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 Lymington Road (TQ1 4FB) in the last 12 months was 117.1 per 1,000 residents and was 15.4% higher than the Ellacombe average (101.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 84.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lymington Road (TQ1 4FB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chapel Court, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lymington Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snowberry Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chapel Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tor Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Torquay Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Torquay Coach Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatto Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chatto Road —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Chapel Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Forest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thurlow Hill —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St James Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Clarendon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lymington Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Jonida Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Jonida Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Jonida Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Snowberry Close —

Data Sources

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