Total Crime Rate
117.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mayfield Avenue area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 74th 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 Mayfield Avenue (CT16 2PH) in the last 12 months was 117.4 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 60.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mayfield Avenue (CT16 2PH), 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 Park Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dover| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montreal Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Montreal Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evison Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobart Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightingale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winnipeg Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winnipeg Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alexandra Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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