Total Crime Rate
177.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Goshen Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Cockington with Chelston , and the 60th highest crime rate of 465 local areas in Torbay .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Goshen Road (TQ2 6BB) in the last 12 months was 177.1 per 1,000 residents and was 154.2% higher than the Cockington with Chelston average (69.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 103.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Goshen Road (TQ2 6BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cockington with Chelston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goshen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilmuir Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruckamore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Mill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Old Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Innerbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Innerbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Coach House Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Goshen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Solsbro Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Solsbro Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rousdown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenway Road | Under investigation |
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