Crime Rates at Wordsworth Close, Torquay, TQ2 6EA

Wordsworth Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Cockington with Chelston , and the 131st highest crime rate of 468 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 Wordsworth Close (TQ2 6EA) in the last 12 months was 108.3 per 1,000 residents and was 48.6% higher than the Cockington with Chelston average (72.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 70.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Close (TQ2 6EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Peters Close, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Raleigh Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.