Total Crime Rate
146.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Priory Hill area has the 29th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 59th highest crime rate of 362 local areas in Dover .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Hill (CT17 0AA) in the last 12 months was 146.7 per 1,000 residents and was 35.7% higher than the Buckland average (108.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Hill (CT17 0AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priory Station Approach Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dover| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Edwards Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Churchill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Churchill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paul'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | De Burgh Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | De Burgh Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | De Burgh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | De Burgh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maison Dieu Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maison Dieu Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maison Dieu Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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