Crime Rates at Teignmouth Road, Torquay, TQ1 4RX

Teignmouth Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 174th highest crime rate of 468 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 Teignmouth Road (TQ1 4RX) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Teignmouth Road (TQ1 4RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lincoln Green, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shrewsbury Avenue (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.