Total Crime Rate

126.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 126.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.5 8/10
  • Other crime 20.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.1 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • 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
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

Lower Audley Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ellacombe , and the 115th highest crime rate of 465 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 Lower Audley Road (TQ2 7PQ) in the last 12 months was 126.7 per 1,000 residents and was 24.9% higher than the Ellacombe average (101.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Audley Road (TQ2 7PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chapel Court, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tintagel Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Audley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Snowberry Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pencorse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snowberry Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snowberry Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pendennis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pendennis Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Chapel Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chapel Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tintagel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tintagel Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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