Total Crime Rate

116.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 116.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Sholden New Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Eastry Rural , and the 80th highest crime rate of 365 local areas in Dover .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sholden New Road (CT14 0AF) in the last 12 months was 116.7 per 1,000 residents and was 169.5% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 350.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 160.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sholden New Road (CT14 0AF), the main crime hotspot is near Colmanton Grove. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sholden New Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Colmanton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Colmanton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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