Total Crime Rate

119.5 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 119.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 8.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Petitor Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 125th 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 Petitor Road (TQ1 4QF) in the last 12 months was 119.5 per 1,000 residents and was 18.7% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Petitor Road (TQ1 4QF), the main crime hotspot is near Higher Downs Road. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Petitor Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redcliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chilcote Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chilcote Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petitor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Higher Downs Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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