Total Crime Rate

17.0 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 17.0 2/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 6/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Hartop Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 55th 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 Hartop Road (TQ1 4QQ) in the last 12 months was 17.0 per 1,000 residents and was 83.1% 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 Drugs with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

In the area around Hartop Road (TQ1 4QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Havelock Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hartop Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hampton Lane —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petitor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chilcote Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chilcote Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rowley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Burglary Compton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Dominic'S Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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