Crime Rate in New Romney, ward

New Romney has the 5th highest crime rate of 13 wards in Folkestone and Hythe district and the 3601st highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 517th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in New Romney in the last 12 months was 64.9 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% lower than the Folkestone and Hythe district average (84.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, New Romney’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 210 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -42.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 239 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the New Romney ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Park/Open Space. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.