Total Crime Rate

89.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.8 9/10
  • Other theft 14.9 9/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cary Castle Drive area has the 27th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 171st 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 Cary Castle Drive (TQ1 4QZ) in the last 12 months was 89.6 per 1,000 residents and was 11.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 14.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cary Castle Drive (TQ1 4QZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westhill Road, where police recorded 18 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 Cary Castle Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Compton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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