Crime Rate in Town & Castle, ward

Town & Castle has the highest crime rate of 17 wards in Dover district and the 101st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 12th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Town & Castle in the last 12 months was 315.6 per 1,000 residents and was 237.9% higher than the Dover district average (93.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Town & Castle’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 990 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 14 cases , down -22.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 21.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,209 (≈ 134.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Town & Castle ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 139 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Cannon Street (63 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.