Total Crime Rate

119.9 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 119.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.4 8/10
  • Other crime 14.6 10/10
  • Public order 14.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Godwyne Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 77th highest crime rate of 365 local areas in Dover .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Godwyne Road (CT16 1SJ) in the last 12 months was 119.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.0% higher than the Buckland average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 700.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (β‰ˆ 67.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Godwyne Road (CT16 1SJ), the main crime hotspot is near Pencester Road. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Godwyne Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pencester Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Park Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pencester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pencester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goodfellow Way β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pencester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Pencester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pencester Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pencester Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pencester Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castlemount Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edwards Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Godwyne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Godwyne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Godwyne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Godwyne Road β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edwards Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edwards Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edwards Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edwards Road β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Effingham Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Worthington Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Worthington Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Worthington Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Worthington Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Worthington Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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