Crime Rates at Dartmouth Road, Paignton, TQ4 5AE

Dartmouth Road area has the highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Clifton with Maidenway , and the 6th highest crime rate of 465 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 Dartmouth Road (TQ4 5AE) in the last 12 months was 832.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1092.9% 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 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 108 (≈ 329.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dartmouth Road (TQ4 5AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Commercial Road, where police recorded 98 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.