Total Crime Rate
172.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
118.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bunkers Hill Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 46th highest crime rate of 362 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 Bunkers Hill Road (CT17 0JJ) in the last 12 months was 172.5 per 1,000 residents and was 59.6% higher 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 118.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bunkers Hill Road (CT17 0JJ), 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.
View Crime In Dover| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crabble Meadows | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coombe Valley Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crabble Meadows | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hillside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crabble Meadows | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coombe Valley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bunker'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oswald Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crabble Meadows | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lukes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bunkers Hill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bunkers Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bunkers Hill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Macdonald Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lambton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Macdonald Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bunkers Hill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bunkers Hill Avenue | Under investigation |
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