Total Crime Rate

270.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 270.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 109.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.6 9/10
  • Other theft 14.8 9/10
  • Burglary 11.9 9/10
  • Public order 8.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Robbery 5.9 7/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Greenway Road area has the highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Cockington with Chelston , and the 37th highest crime rate of 465 local areas in Torbay .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Greenway Road (TQ2 6JE) in the last 12 months was 270.0 per 1,000 residents and was 287.6% higher than the Cockington with Chelston average (69.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 80.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Greenway Road (TQ2 6JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sherwell Park Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coach House Lane (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Cockington with Chelston

Crime Over Time in Greenway Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burridge Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruckamore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burridge Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burridge Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boundary Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coach House Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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