Total Crime Rate
252.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Goschen Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 362 local areas in Dover .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Goschen Road (CT17 0AY) in the last 12 months was 252.6 per 1,000 residents and was 133.8% higher than the Buckland average (108.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (β 119.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Goschen Road (CT17 0AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Astor Avenue, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Curzon Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dover| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Noah'S Ark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Astor Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Astor Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Astor Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Astor Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chamberlain Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Astor Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Curzon Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Curzon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Curzon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbour View Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northbourne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Auden Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Auden Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Auden Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northbourne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbourne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Douglas Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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