Total Crime Rate

49.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

28.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 49.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 28.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cavell 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.

Crime Over Time in Cavell Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Clarke'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brenchley Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clarke'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tormore Mews
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Little Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marlborough Road
Apr 2026Public order Little Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goodwin Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pilots Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pilots Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pilots Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Magness Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pilots Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brenchley Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Davis Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavell Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Davis Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Davis Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Davis Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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