Total Crime Rate

112.2 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 112.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.5 7/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
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

Kingsdown Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe , and the 85th highest crime rate of 365 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 Kingsdown Road (CT15 6AZ) in the last 12 months was 112.2 per 1,000 residents and was 168.6% higher than the Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe average (41.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 296.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingsdown Road (CT15 6AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Kingsdown Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

Crime Over Time in Kingsdown Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Chapel Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Well Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Townsend Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Townsend Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order The Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royston Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsdown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kingsdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingsdown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingsdown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Well Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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