Total Crime Rate
48.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vittery Close area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Furzeham with Summercombe , and the 184th lowest crime rate of 468 local areas in Torbay .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Vittery Close (TQ5 8LJ) in the last 12 months was 48.1 per 1,000 residents and was 28.8% lower than the Furzeham with Summercombe average (67.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -26.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vittery Close (TQ5 8LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near North Boundary Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cumber Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumber Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pillar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gollands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pillar Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gollands Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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