Total Crime Rate
24.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shirburn Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in St Marychurch , and the 87th lowest 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 Shirburn Road (TQ1 4HR) in the last 12 months was 24.2 per 1,000 residents and was 71.5% lower than the St Marychurch average (84.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shirburn Road (TQ1 4HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lymington Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Homestead Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Marychurch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thurlow Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Upton Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lower Shirburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Locksley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Locksley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shirburn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lymington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lymington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lymington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lower Shirburn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thurlow Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Jonida Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thurlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Jonida Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thurlow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Jonida Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatto Road | — |
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