Crime Rates at Bridge Road, Torquay, TQ2 5BA

Bridge Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 79th highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Torbay .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bridge Road (TQ2 5BA) in the last 12 months was 153.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% higher than the Ellacombe average (102.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 88.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bridge Road (TQ2 5BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near East Street, where police recorded 186 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (112 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.