Total Crime Rate

149.8 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 149.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 60.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.3 10/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Folkestone Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne , and the 59th 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 Folkestone Road (CT17 9JR) in the last 12 months was 149.8 per 1,000 residents and was 253.0% higher than the Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne average (42.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 44.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Folkestone Road (CT17 9JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Approach Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Malmains Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Folkestone Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Manor Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Approach Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maxton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Churchill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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