Total Crime Rate

180.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 180.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.7 9/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Elmsleigh Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Churston with Galmpton , and the 58th 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 Elmsleigh Road (TQ4 5AX) in the last 12 months was 180.0 per 1,000 residents and was 208.9% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 90.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elmsleigh Road (TQ4 5AX), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Elmsleigh Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary A379 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coverdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sunbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A379
Sep 2025Possession of weapons A379 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Riviera Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Midvale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Midvale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Midvale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Midvale Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Riviera Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order The Riviera Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Riviera Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Riviera Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Riviera Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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