Total Crime Rate

114.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 64.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.9 8/10
  • Burglary 10.1 8/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Limes Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 76th 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 Limes Road (CT16 2NA) in the last 12 months was 114.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% higher than the Buckland average (108.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 64.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Limes Road (CT16 2NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cherry Tree Avenue, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charlton Green (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Limes Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour De Burgh Hill
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charlton Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Churchill Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Churchill Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Churchill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Churchill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Charlton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charlton Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charlton Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Granville Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Granville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Granville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Astley Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightingale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Leighton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Limes Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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