Crime Rates at Rossall Drive, Paignton, TQ3 3RT

Rossall Drive area has the 11th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Clifton with Maidenway , and the 80th highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Torbay .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rossall Drive (TQ3 3RT) in the last 12 months was 151.8 per 1,000 residents and was 127.7% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 77.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rossall Drive (TQ3 3RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Primley Park East, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manor Terrace (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.