Total Crime Rate

56.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

33.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 56.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 33.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.7 7/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Primrose Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 177th highest crime rate of 362 local areas in Dover .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Primrose Road (CT17 0FP) in the last 12 months was 56.6 per 1,000 residents and was 47.7% lower than the Buckland average (108.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Primrose Road (CT17 0FP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crabble Meadows, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coombe Valley Road (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Primrose Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Bunkers Hill Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Crabble Meadows Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lukes Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Macdonald Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Macdonald Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bunkers Hill Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Oswald Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Crabble Meadows Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Crabble Meadows Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Victoria Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Crabble Meadows Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Noah'S Ark Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bunkers Hill Road —
Apr 2026Other crime Bunkers Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bunker'S Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Bunkers Hill Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Primrose Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harbour View Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Magdala Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Edgar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coombe Valley Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coombe Valley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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