Total Crime Rate

313.6 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 313.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 182.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.6 8/10
  • Other theft 29.7 10/10
  • Public order 25.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cadewell Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 30th 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 Cadewell Lane (TQ2 7HP) in the last 12 months was 313.6 per 1,000 residents and was 211.4% higher than the Barton with Watcombe average (100.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 152.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 72.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cadewell Lane (TQ2 7HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cadewell Lane (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Barton with Watcombe

Crime Over Time in Cadewell Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Cadewell Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cadewell Lane —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cadewell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cadewell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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