Crime · Torquay

Reported crime in Torquay

Name: Torquay crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

7,957 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 140 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

7,957

Rate / 1,000

140

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	3,400	43%
Anti social behaviour	1,198	15%
Criminal damage and arson	676	8%
Shoplifting	615	8%
Other theft	546	7%
Public order	440	6%
Drugs	271	3%
Burglary	207	3%
Vehicle crime	198	2%
Other crime	136	2%
Possession of weapons	96	1%
Theft from the person	76	1%
Robbery	64	1%
Bicycle theft	34	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	317	271	254	288	292	274	265	294	282	277	292	294	3400
Anti social behaviour	138	141	112	130	100	76	60	66	106	112	89	68	1198
Criminal damage and arson	66	66	42	57	45	61	51	59	65	57	51	56	676
Shoplifting	33	41	48	40	53	48	65	43	50	86	69	39	615
Other theft	66	42	41	43	35	39	45	36	42	53	54	50	546
Public order	50	39	41	36	27	24	31	29	45	42	35	41	440
Drugs	26	25	16	23	26	24	23	24	18	18	21	27	271
Burglary	17	24	15	19	19	13	19	15	10	16	22	18	207
Vehicle crime	14	16	20	17	19	16	15	14	11	17	19	20	198
Other crime	12	10	6	10	8	10	15	8	15	17	8	17	136
Possession of weapons	7	12	4	9	4	8	16	7	10	7	5	7	96
Theft from the person	6	11	5	6	4	3	5	4	4	8	10	10	76
Robbery	10	11	9	1	2	2	5	8	2	4	6	4	64
Bicycle theft	8	1	3	3	2	1	5	2	1		4	4	34
Total	770	710	616	682	636	599	620	609	661	714	685	655	7957

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Torquay, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 56,849.