Total Crime Rate
100.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Homestead Terrace area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 152nd 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 Homestead Terrace (TQ1 4JA) in the last 12 months was 100.3 per 1,000 residents and was 0.4% lower than the Barton with Watcombe average (100.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 90.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Homestead Terrace (TQ1 4JA), the main crime hotspot is near Homestead Road. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Barton with Watcombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Second Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatto Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatto Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shirburn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Close | Under investigation |
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