Total Crime Rate

134.8 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 134.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.8 9/10
  • Public order 17.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Higher Ranscombe Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Furzeham with Summercombe , and the 100th 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 Higher Ranscombe Road (TQ5 9HF) in the last 12 months was 134.8 per 1,000 residents and was 93.5% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 91.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 250.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Higher Ranscombe Road (TQ5 9HF), the main crime hotspot is near Poundsgate Close. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Furzeham with Summercombe

Crime Over Time in Higher Ranscombe Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centry Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heath Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centry Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penn Meadows Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westover Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westover Close —
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Data Sources

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