Total Crime Rate

92.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 92.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.6 3/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
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

Torridge Avenue area has the 24th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 465 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 Torridge Avenue (TQ2 7LR) in the last 12 months was 92.2 per 1,000 residents and was 8.5% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 67.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Torridge Avenue (TQ2 7LR), the main crime hotspot is near Fernworthy Close. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Torridge Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fernworthy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bench Tor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marldon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fernworthy Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fernworthy Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hameldown Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Torridge Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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