Crime Statistics for Torre, Torquay, Devon, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Torre in October 2024. There were a total of 350 incidents. 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 Torre, 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	108
Anti Social Behaviour	63
Criminal Damage Arson	51
Shoplifting	29
Public Order	23
Other Theft	20
Drugs	16
Burglary	7
Theft From The Person	7
Other Crime	7
Vehicle Crime	7
Possession Of Weapons	6
Robbery	5
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	350

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Torre. 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 Torre

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Torquay (0.88 miles)	577
Babbacombe (1.39 miles)	526
Combe Pafford (1.39 miles)	385
Torre	350
Hollicombe (1.39 miles)	200
Shiphay (0.88 miles)	149
Chelston (0.62 miles)	97
Livermead (1.24 miles)	78
Cockington (0.88 miles)	65
Edginswell (1.75 miles)	33

Where are the most violent places near Torre?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Torquay	183
Babbacombe	181
Combe Pafford	128
Torre	108
Hollicombe	68
Shiphay	50
Chelston	40
Livermead	31
Cockington	20
Edginswell	16

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

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 Torre 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 Torre compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Torre and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Torre is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Tormohun	84
2	Ellacombe	71
3	Roundham with Hyde	70
4	St Marychurch	63
5	Wellswood	55
6	Barton with Watcombe	55
7	Cockington with Chelston	53
8	Clifton with Maidenway	49
9	King's Ash	49
10	Shiphay	34
11	Preston	26

Which road in Torre has the highest level of crime?

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