Total Crime Rate
796.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Maxton & Elms Vale , and the 3rd 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 High Street (CT16 1EE) in the last 12 months was 796.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1209.4% higher than the Maxton & Elms Vale average (60.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 95 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -53.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 117 (≈ 301.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (CT16 1EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 134 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priory Station Approach Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maxton & Elms Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Priory Gate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hewitt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Priory | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goodfellow Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Templar Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Matthew'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | De Burgh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | De Burgh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Branch Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Effingham Crescent | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Dofras Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dofras Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dofras Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Effingham Crescent | Under investigation |
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