Crime Rate in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe, ward

Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 17 wards in Dover district and the 1795th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 316th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe in the last 12 months was 41.8 per 1,000 residents and was 55.3% lower than the Dover district average (93.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 110 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 138 (≈ 17.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Kingsdown Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.