Total Crime Rate
126.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elysium Park Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Dover Downs & River , and the 67th highest crime rate of 362 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 Elysium Park Close (CT16 2FJ) in the last 12 months was 126.3 per 1,000 residents and was 205.3% higher than the Dover Downs & River average (41.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -4.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elysium Park Close (CT16 2FJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peverell Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hirst Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whitfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peverell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Peverell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peverell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elysium Park Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elysium Park Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elysium Park Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elysium Park Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elysium Park Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elysium Park Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Washington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Monks Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monks Way | Under investigation |
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