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 Grove 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 Grove (CT17 0AB) 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 Grove (CT17 0AB), 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 | Drugs | Military Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Matthew'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Branch Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Paul'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paul'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Churchill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maison Dieu Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Churchill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Priory Gate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dofras Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | De Burgh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Effingham Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Military Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Military Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Street | — |
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