Total Crime Rate
59.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mayfield Avenue area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 169th highest crime rate of 362 local areas in Dover .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mayfield Avenue (CT16 2QS) in the last 12 months was 59.9 per 1,000 residents and was 44.5% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 8.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mayfield Avenue (CT16 2QS), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobart Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montreal Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winnipeg Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winnipeg Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evison Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Montreal Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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