Total Crime Rate

135.7 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 135.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.6 10/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Coombe 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.

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Crime Over Time in Coombe Valley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Magdala Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Minerva Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cherry Tree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cherry Tree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cherry Tree Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Maresfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shooter'S Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Heathfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minerva Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cherry Tree Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minerva Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Erith Street —
Sep 2025Other theft A256 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cherry Tree Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cherry Tree Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Herbert Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lorne Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lorne Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lorne Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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