Total Crime Rate

146.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 146.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.4 7/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Harold Street area has the 28th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 62nd 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 Harold Street (CT16 1SU) in the last 12 months was 146.7 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harold Street (CT16 1SU), the main crime hotspot is near Cannon Street. Police recorded 132 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Harold Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/81)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cannon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Russell Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Laureston Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maison Dieu Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Russell Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Russell Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cannon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Russell Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Russell Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Russell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Russell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Russell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Russell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Russell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Russell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Stembrook Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Harold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dolphin Passage —
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Data Sources

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