Crime Rates at St Leonards Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1JY

St Leonards Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Ambrook , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 430 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 St Leonards Road (TQ12 1JY) in the last 12 months was 184.8 per 1,000 residents and was 459.4% higher than the Ambrook average (33.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 112.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Leonards Road (TQ12 1JY), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.