Total Crime Rate

209.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 209.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 113.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.0 10/10
  • Other crime 12.0 10/10
  • Public order 12.0 8/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Abbey Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 48th highest crime rate of 465 local areas in Torbay .

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 Abbey Road (TQ2 5NB) in the last 12 months was 209.6 per 1,000 residents and was 106.6% higher than the Ellacombe average (101.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 125.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abbey Road (TQ2 5NB), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 274 crimes here, including 103 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Abbey Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fleet Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fleet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fleet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fleet Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fleet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Burglary Braddons Hill Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warberry Road West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Rock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rock Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rock Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cary Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stentiford Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Lukes Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cary Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Lukes Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cary Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cary Parade Under investigation

Data Sources

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