Total Crime Rate
796.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025De Burgh Street area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Maxton & Elms Vale , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 365 local areas in Dover .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around De Burgh Street (CT17 0BN) in the last 12 months was 796.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1209.4% higher than the Maxton & Elms Vale average (60.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 95 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -53.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 117 (β 301.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around De Burgh Street (CT17 0BN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 134 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Maxton & Elms Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Templar Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Peter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Priory | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shooter'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Granville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | De Burgh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maison Dieu Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maison Dieu Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Maison Dieu Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower Hamlets Street | β |
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