Total Crime Rate
71.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cecil Mews area has the 25th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Clifton with Maidenway , and the 204th highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Torbay .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cecil Mews (TQ3 2SQ) in the last 12 months was 71.4 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 45.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cecil Mews (TQ3 2SQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Commercial Road, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gerston Place (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clifton with Maidenway| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Polsham Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Polsham Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dendy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commercial Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commercial Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Commercial Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Commercial Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crown And Anchor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Killerton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Coverdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Well Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown And Anchor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown And Anchor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown And Anchor Way | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Coverdale Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Park | Under investigation |
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