Total Crime Rate

123.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

72.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 123.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 72.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Elmsleigh Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Churston with Galmpton , and the 113th 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 Elmsleigh Road (TQ4 5AB) in the last 12 months was 123.4 per 1,000 residents and was 103.7% higher than the Churston with Galmpton average (60.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 72.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elmsleigh Road (TQ4 5AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Commercial Road, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parkside Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Elmsleigh Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Mabel Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A3022 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Coverdale Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Theft from the person Coverdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkside Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkside Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkside Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkside Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parkside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parkside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Commercial Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gerston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Commercial Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Gerston Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gerston Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Commercial Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A379 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A379 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft A379 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gerston Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Commercial Road
Apr 2026Public order Gerston Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft The Riviera Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fisher Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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