Total Crime Rate
69.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barnfield Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Furzeham with Summercombe , and the 209th highest crime rate of 468 local areas in Torbay .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Barnfield Road (TQ5 9PP) in the last 12 months was 69.1 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% higher 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barnfield Road (TQ5 9PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kiln Path, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orchard Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briseham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Penn | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briseham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wren Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bolton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wishings Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penn Meadows | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penn Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sellick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kiln Path | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenswood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ochre Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ealing Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ealing Close | Under investigation |
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