Total Crime Rate

138.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

87.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 138.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 87.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.0 10/10
  • Other theft 13.8 9/10
  • Other crime 9.2 9/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kintyre Close area has the 15th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 92nd highest crime rate of 468 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 Kintyre Close (TQ2 7BQ) in the last 12 months was 138.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.6% higher than the Barton with Watcombe average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -5.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 87.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kintyre Close (TQ2 7BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grenadine Close, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orkney Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kintyre Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Explorer Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grenadine Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Montserrat Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orkney Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Orkney Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other crime Cayman Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nuthatch Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nuthatch Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Grenadine Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grenadine Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grenadine Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Kintyre Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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