Total Crime Rate

197.2 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 197.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 45.0 10/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dickson Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 35th highest crime rate of 365 local areas in Dover .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dickson Road (CT17 0EE) in the last 12 months was 197.2 per 1,000 residents and was 92.5% higher than the Buckland average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -11.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (β‰ˆ 76.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dickson Road (CT17 0EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near South Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near George Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dickson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences De Burgh Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Road β€”
Sep 2025Other theft George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St John'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St John'S Road β€”
Sep 2025Other theft George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences De Burgh Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Meadow β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Tower Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shooter'S Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Curzon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Curzon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Curzon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Templar Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Meadow β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wyndham Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Auden Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Auden Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tower Hamlets Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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