Total Crime Rate
426.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dolphin Passage area has the 6th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 11th highest crime rate of 362 local areas in Dover .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dolphin Passage (CT16 1PP) in the last 12 months was 426.9 per 1,000 residents and was 295.0% higher than the Buckland average (108.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 106.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dolphin Passage (CT16 1PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 182 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cannon Street (74 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dover| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Adrian Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worthington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taswell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taswell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Adrian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Adrian Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bench Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adrian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Adrian Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bench Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dolphin Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Flying Horse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
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