Crime Rates at Palace Place, Paignton, TQ3 3AQ

Palace Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Clifton with Maidenway , and the 13th 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 Palace Place (TQ3 3AQ) in the last 12 months was 571.0 per 1,000 residents and was 756.5% 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 Shoplifting with 107 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -30.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 145.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Palace Place (TQ3 3AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Winner Street, where police recorded 130 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.