Crime Statistics for Torbay, Paignton, Devon, 2024

There were a total of 265 street level crime incidents in Torbay in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Torbay, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	95
Anti Social Behaviour	57
Other Theft	24
Public Order	22
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Drugs	16
Shoplifting	13
Vehicle Crime	7
Burglary	7
Other Crime	1
Robbery	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	265

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Torbay. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Torbay

We've taken the ten nearest places to Torbay and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Torbay has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Shorton (0.88 miles)	296
St Michaels (0.88 miles)	284
Torbay	265
Hollicombe (0.62 miles)	234
Paignton (0.62 miles)	223
Churscombe (1.39 miles)	118
Livermead (0.88 miles)	81
Cockington (1.24 miles)	60
Chelston (1.86 miles)	59
Collaton St Mary (1.96 miles)	55

Where are the most violent places near Torbay?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Torbay and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Shorton	109
St Michaels	102
Torbay	95
Hollicombe	91
Paignton	75
Churscombe	51
Livermead	32
Cockington	28
Chelston	24
Collaton St Mary	23

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Torbay?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Torbay to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Torbay compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Torbay and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Torbay is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Tormohun	84
2	Ellacombe	71
3	Roundham with Hyde	70
4	Cockington with Chelston	53
5	Clifton with Maidenway	49
6	King's Ash	49
7	Shiphay	34
8	Goodrington with Roselands	32
9	Preston	26
10	Churston with Galmpton	20

Which road in Torbay has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Torbay with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Manor Terrace.