Total Crime Rate
563.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Leyburne Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 8th highest crime rate of 365 local areas in Dover .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leyburne Road (CT16 1SL) in the last 12 months was 563.4 per 1,000 residents and was 450.0% higher than the Buckland average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (β 316.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leyburne Road (CT16 1SL), 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.
View Crime In Buckland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Edwards Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edwards Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castlemount Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Edwards Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyburne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwards Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laureston Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyburne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stembrook | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Godwyne Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Edwards Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pencester Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Godwyne Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pencester Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pencester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pencester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pencester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pencester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pencester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pencester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pencester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pencester Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Godwyne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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