Total Crime Rate

113.4 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 113.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.7 9/10
  • Other theft 20.6 10/10
  • Other crime 10.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Telegraph Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Middle Deal , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 365 local areas in Dover .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Telegraph Road (CT14 9DE) in the last 12 months was 113.4 per 1,000 residents and was 44.9% higher than the Middle Deal average (78.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 72.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Telegraph Road (CT14 9DE), the main crime hotspot is near Stockdale Gardens. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Telegraph Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Stockdale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herschell Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockdale Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockdale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockdale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockdale Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockdale Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockdale Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockdale Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockdale Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockdale Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Stockdale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Stockdale Gardens Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stockdale Gardens
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stockdale Gardens
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellesley Avenue
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B2056 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Churchill Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Telegraph Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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