Total Crime Rate
1460.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Worthington Street area has the highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Buckland , and the highest crime rate of 365 local areas in Dover .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Worthington Street (CT17 9AQ) in the last 12 months was 1460.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1325.4% 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 129 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 35.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 163 (≈ 590.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Worthington Street (CT17 9AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Cannon Street. Police recorded 132 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Buckland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pencester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pencester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pencester Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pencester Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pencester Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Adrian Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Adrian Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adrian Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goodfellow Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adrian Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pencester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maison Dieu Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cannon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
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