Total Crime Rate
49.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cavell Square area has the 36th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Eastry Rural , and the 163rd lowest crime rate of 362 local areas in Dover .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cavell Square (CT14 9HS) in the last 12 months was 49.6 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% higher than the Eastry Rural average (43.9 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 28.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cavell Square (CT14 9HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marlborough Road, where police recorded 17 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarke'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brenchley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarke'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tormore Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Little Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodwin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilots Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilots Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilots Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magness Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilots Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brenchley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Davis Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavell Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Davis Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Davis Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Davis Avenue | Under investigation |
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