Cockington with Chelston
WardNorth Torbay. About 8,365 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Cockington with Chelston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Cockington with Chelston compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Cockington with Chelston safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cockington with Chelston at a rate of 76.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 109.4 per 1,000 people across Torbay.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 65 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cockington with Chelston.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (384), other crime (95) and anti-social behaviour (77).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Torbay
These figures are published for the whole of Torbay, not for each ward, so they describe all of Torbay and not Cockington with Chelston alone. See Torbay
Cockington with Chelston in brief
Cockington with Chelston had 8,362 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Cockington with Chelston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Cockington with Chelston, 95.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Cockington with Chelston, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.