Total Crime Rate

126.2 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 126.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 52.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.4 7/10
  • Drugs 9.2 8/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Leander Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Eastry Rural , and the 74th 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 Leander Close (CT14 9FJ) in the last 12 months was 126.2 per 1,000 residents and was 191.3% higher than the Eastry Rural average (43.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 83.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leander Close (CT14 9FJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Freemens Way, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pilots Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Leander Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cowdray Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goodwin Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leivers Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mary Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Freemens Way
Sep 2025Drugs Frederick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Winchester Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

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