Total Crime Rate

166.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 166.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 82.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 4/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Public order 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Crabble Meadows area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 48th 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 Crabble Meadows (CT17 0FL) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.7% higher than the Buckland average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 32.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crabble Meadows (CT17 0FL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crabble Meadows, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Crabble Meadows area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bunkers Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Magdala Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crabble Meadows —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Crabble Meadows Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Crabble Meadows Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Crabble Meadows Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crabble Meadows —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crabble Meadows —
Sep 2025Other theft A256 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Magdala Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dodd'S Lane —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Magdala Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lukes Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brookfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crabble Meadows —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Primrose Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Maresfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Primrose Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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