Crime Rates at Cripps Lane, St Margarets At Cliffe, Dover, CT15 6BJ

Cripps Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe , and the 139th highest crime rate of 362 local areas in Dover .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cripps Lane (CT15 6BJ) in the last 12 months was 71.0 per 1,000 residents and was 71.5% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cripps Lane (CT15 6BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsdown Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Royston Gardens (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.