Total Crime Rate

43.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 43.1 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Higher Cadewell Lane area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 159th lowest crime rate of 465 local areas in Torbay .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Higher Cadewell Lane (TQ2 7JD) in the last 12 months was 43.1 per 1,000 residents and was 57.2% lower than the Barton with Watcombe average (100.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Higher Cadewell Lane (TQ2 7JD), the main crime hotspot is near Grosvenor Close. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Barton with Watcombe

Crime Over Time in Higher Cadewell Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Collaton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oak View Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walkham Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walkham Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Grosvenor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Grosvenor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walkham Rise Under investigation
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Data Sources

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