Total Crime Rate

107.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

20.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

Nov 2024 - Oct 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 107.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 20.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.9 3/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Yew Tree Cottages area has the 6th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Aylesham, Eythorne & Shepherdswell , and the 94th 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 Yew Tree Cottages (CT15 4LP) in the last 12 months was 107.1 per 1,000 residents and was 76.9% higher than the Aylesham, Eythorne & Shepherdswell average (60.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yew Tree Cottages (CT15 4LP), the main crime hotspot is near Nightingale Lane. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 1 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Yew Tree Cottages area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightingale Lane —
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightingale Lane —
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Data Sources

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