Total Crime Rate

93.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

46.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 93.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 46.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.9 8/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Westhill Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 154th highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Torbay .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Westhill Road (TQ1 4LT) in the last 12 months was 93.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.7% lower than the Barton with Watcombe average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 46.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westhill Road (TQ1 4LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fortune Way (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Westhill Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Plainmoor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Edmund'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Edmund'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Edmund'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fortune Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Manor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Edmund'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Edmund'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Edmund'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westhill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westhill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westhill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft St Margaret'S Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Edmund'S Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Robbery St Edmund'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Fortune Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Church Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Dominic'S Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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