Crime Rates at Wood Street, Dover, CT16 1DZ

Wood Street area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Maxton & Elms Vale , and the 3rd 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 Wood Street (CT16 1DZ) in the last 12 months was 719.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1133.8% higher than the Maxton & Elms Vale average (58.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 90 (≈ 232.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Street (CT16 1DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priory Station Approach Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.