Total Crime Rate
148.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grafton Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Ambrook , and the 36th highest crime rate of 431 local areas in Teignbridge .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grafton Road (TQ12 1JF) in the last 12 months was 148.5 per 1,000 residents and was 303.3% higher than the Ambrook average (36.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 14.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 102.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grafton Road (TQ12 1JF), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 113 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Highweek Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradley Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pound Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Annes Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Besigheim Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Besigheim Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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