Total Crime Rate

149.0 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 149.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.0 9/10
  • Other crime 14.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pavor Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 82nd 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 Pavor Road (TQ2 8BH) in the last 12 months was 149.0 per 1,000 residents and was 48.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (β‰ˆ 68.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pavor Road (TQ2 8BH), the main crime hotspot is near East Pafford Avenue. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pavor Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellrock Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Starpitten Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pafford Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellrock Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellrock Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellrock Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellrock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wembury Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wembury Drive β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staddon Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pavor Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Staddon Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Pafford Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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