Total Crime Rate

102.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 102.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.5 9/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe , and the 87th highest crime rate of 362 local areas in Dover .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (CT15 6AX) in the last 12 months was 102.3 per 1,000 residents and was 147.1% higher than the Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe average (41.4 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 640.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CT15 6AX), the main crime hotspot is near Kingsdown Road. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Royston Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Freedown Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Kingsdown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsdown Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Townsend Farm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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