Total Crime Rate

146.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.2 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 146.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 56.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.1 9/10
  • Drugs 12.2 9/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 7/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Priory 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.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Grove area

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

Data Sources

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