Total Crime Rate
135.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coombe Valley Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the 69th 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 Coombe Valley Road (CT17 0TT) in the last 12 months was 135.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.5% 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -26.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 71.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coombe Valley Road (CT17 0TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cherry Tree Avenue, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Buckland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Magdala Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Minerva Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cherry Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cherry Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cherry Tree Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Maresfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shooter'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Heathfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minerva Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherry Tree Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minerva Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Erith Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A256 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cherry Tree Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cherry Tree Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Herbert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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