Terraced streets dominate here, tightly packed and almost entirely freehold, the kind of streetscape where a For Sale board means a two-up-two-down changing hands rather than a new-build estate finding its first owner — there are none of those. The median age sits well above the national norm, and walking the streets you'd believe it: this reads as a settled, older population rather than a young professional magnet. On paper the price looks gentle — a median around £225,000, cheaper than both the national and South West regional benchmarks, and terraced homes here actually undercut the national terrace price too. But that discount comes with a catch: Barton sits below its parent authority, Torbay, on price, yet the crime rate is dramatically higher than Torbay's own average, which is the one figure that doesn't fit the otherwise unremarkable pattern. Violence and sexual offences and shoplifting between them account for two-thirds of recorded incidents, which points to a high street or town-centre policing issue more than a residential safety one — worth separating in your head from what it's like behind your own front door. The wider grade pattern backs that reading: environment scores as well above average, affordability, connectivity and housing all comfortable mid-to-upper marks, safety itself rated respectably — it's specifically the raw crime count, concentrated in a couple of categories, that jars against an otherwise steady, unremarkable suburb. Green space is generous relative to both regional and national averages, broadband is solidly full-fibre for most premises, and council tax sits close to the national Band D figure, nothing here screams expensive or cheap once you look past the headline house price. This is a place that suits people who've already done the moving-around phase of life — older buyers, downsizers, those wanting a settled terraced street with decent connectivity and green space without London-adjacent prices. It's less suited to anyone expecting a lively evening scene, the nightlife grade is the weakest in the set, or anyone unnerved by crime statistics without digging into what's actually driving them. Look at the breakdown before you look at the headline number, and you'll get a fairer sense of whether this street works for you.