Total Crime Rate
538.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Croft Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 14th highest crime rate of 465 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 Croft Road (TQ2 5UE) in the last 12 months was 538.5 per 1,000 residents and was 430.8% higher than the Ellacombe average (101.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (β 145.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Croft Road (TQ2 5UE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 292 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Factory Row (87 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ellacombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Temperance Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Lukes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Factory Row | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Factory Row | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Factory Row | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Palm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lauriston Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | St Lukes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Circus | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Factory Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Castle Circus | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Circus | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Circus | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Circus | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Circus | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Factory Row | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Factory Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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