Total Crime Rate

173.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 173.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 26.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.8 7/10
  • Other crime 17.8 10/10
  • Other theft 17.8 9/10
  • Burglary 13.3 9/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Potter Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Eastry Rural , and the 44th highest crime rate of 365 local areas in Dover .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Potter Street (CT13 9DR) in the last 12 months was 173.3 per 1,000 residents and was 300.2% higher than the Eastry Rural average (43.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 75.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Potter Street (CT13 9DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tannery Lane, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moat Sole (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Potter Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other theft The Butchery Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tannery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tannery Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moat Sole Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mill Wall Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mill Wall Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Delf Street
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tannery Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tannery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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