Total Crime Rate

159.0 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 159.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.7 9/10
  • Other theft 16.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Drugs 12.6 9/10
  • Other crime 8.4 9/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Brixham Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Churston with Galmpton , and the 74th 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 Brixham Road (TQ4 7HQ) in the last 12 months was 159.0 per 1,000 residents and was 173.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brixham Road (TQ4 7HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waterleat Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Churston with Galmpton

Crime Over Time in Brixham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Drake'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drake'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Longstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleatlands Close Under investigation
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 The Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterleat Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Langlands Close

Data Sources

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