Crime Statistics for Watcombe, Barton, Devon, 2024

There were a total of 134 street level crime incidents in Watcombe 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 Watcombe, 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	45
Anti Social Behaviour	21
Other Theft	17
Shoplifting	14
Public Order	12
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Drugs	6
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Crime	4
Burglary	2
Theft From The Person	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	134

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 Watcombe. 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 Watcombe

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Torquay (1.24 miles)	418
Combe Pafford (0.62 miles)	289
St Marychurch (0.88 miles)	182
Barton (0.62 miles)	145
Watcombe	134
Higher Rocombe Barton (0.62 miles)	53
Coffinswell (1.39 miles)	38
Daccombe (0.88 miles)	37
Maidencombe (0.88 miles)	27
Lower Gabwell (1.24 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near Watcombe?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Torquay	148
Combe Pafford	107
St Marychurch	76
Barton	52
Watcombe	45
Higher Rocombe Barton	19
Coffinswell	18
Daccombe	12
Maidencombe	11
Lower Gabwell	0

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

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 Watcombe 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 Watcombe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Watcombe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Watcombe is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Tormohun	84
2	Ellacombe	71
3	St Marychurch	63
4	Wellswood	55
5	Barton with Watcombe	55
6	Cockington with Chelston	53
7	Kersell-with-Combe	39
8	Buckland & Milber	35
9	Shiphay	34
10	Preston	26
11	Shaldon & Stokeinteignhead	20

Which road in Watcombe has the highest level of crime?

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