Crime Rate in Dover Downs & River, ward

Dover Downs & River has the lowest crime rate of 17 wards in Dover district and the 1460th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 243rd lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Dover Downs & River in the last 12 months was 38.3 per 1,000 residents and was 59.0% lower than the Dover district average (93.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Dover Downs & River’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 107 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 115 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Dover Downs & River ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 40 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Sanctuary Close (11 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.