Total Crime Rate
103.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tower Hamlets Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Maxton & Elms Vale , and the 95th highest crime rate of 365 local areas in Dover .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tower Hamlets Road (CT17 0DT) in the last 12 months was 103.5 per 1,000 residents and was 70.2% higher than the Maxton & Elms Vale average (60.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 68.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tower Hamlets Road (CT17 0DT), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Peter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Peter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Priory Gate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Priory | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Churchill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Churchill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Matthew'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | De Burgh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Curzon Road | 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Curzon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Curzon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Branch Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bridge Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Road | — |
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