Total Crime Rate

473.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 473.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 176.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 66.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 41.1 10/10
  • Other theft 37.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 33.3 7/10
  • Drugs 29.4 10/10
  • Public order 29.4 10/10
  • Burglary 23.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 17.6 9/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Torquay Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Clifton with Maidenway , and the 17th 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 Torquay Road (TQ3 3AB) in the last 12 months was 473.6 per 1,000 residents and was 578.8% higher than the Clifton with Maidenway average (69.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 90 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 106 (≈ 207.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Torquay Road (TQ3 3AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Winner Street, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gerston Road (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Torquay Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gerston Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Midvale Road
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Burglary Victoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bishop'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Midvale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gerston Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Littlegate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gerston Road
Sep 2025Other theft Gerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Gerston Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coverdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gerston Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Midvale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Midvale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millbrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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