Crime Rates at Steps Lane, Torquay, TQ2 8NL

Steps Lane area has the 14th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Barton with Watcombe , and the 81st highest crime rate of 468 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 Steps Lane (TQ2 8NL) in the last 12 months was 149.5 per 1,000 residents and was 56.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -4.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 89.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Steps Lane (TQ2 8NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bellrock Close, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Pafford Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.