Total Crime Rate

131.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.9 8/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Waterleat Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Churston with Galmpton , and the 106th 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 Waterleat Road (TQ3 3UH) in the last 12 months was 131.0 per 1,000 residents and was 124.8% higher than the Churston with Galmpton average (58.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 80.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterleat Road (TQ3 3UH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Two Acre Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterleat Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterleat Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterleat Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Two Acre Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westleat Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Public order Two Acre Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Waterleat Close Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Langlands Close
Sep 2025Public order Waterleat Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterleat Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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