Crime Rates at Polsham Park, Paignton, TQ3 2BB

Polsham Park area has the 15th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Clifton with Maidenway , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 468 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 Polsham Park (TQ3 2BB) in the last 12 months was 130.4 per 1,000 residents and was 95.6% higher than the Clifton with Maidenway average (66.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Polsham Park (TQ3 2BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Commercial Road, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parkside Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.