Total Crime Rate

80.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.5 6/10
  • Other theft 21.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Rowan Way area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Furzeham with Summercombe , and the 190th 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 Rowan Way (TQ5 0SB) in the last 12 months was 80.4 per 1,000 residents and was 15.4% higher than the Furzeham with Summercombe average (69.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 28.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rowan Way (TQ5 0SB), the main crime hotspot is near Elizabeth Avenue. Police recorded 13 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Furzeham with Summercombe

Crime Over Time in Rowan Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yew Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elizabeth Avenue —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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