Total Crime Rate
1345.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Gateway area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 2nd 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 The Gateway (CT16 1LQ) in the last 12 months was 1345.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1213.2% higher than the Buckland average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 131 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -71.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 381.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 182.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Gateway (CT16 1LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Russell Street (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Buckland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashen Tree Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bench Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bench Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marine Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marine Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dolphin Passage | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Russell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laureston Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bench Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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