Crime Rates at Nightingale Close, Torquay, TQ2 7ST

Nightingale Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 25th highest crime rate of 468 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 Nightingale Close (TQ2 7ST) in the last 12 months was 386.4 per 1,000 residents and was 304.1% 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 Shoplifting with 123 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -13.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nightingale Close (TQ2 7ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Browns Bridge Road, where police recorded 69 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.