Total Crime Rate
300.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
149.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Priory Gate Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Maxton & Elms Vale , and the 19th 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 Priory Gate Road (CT17 9SA) in the last 12 months was 300.6 per 1,000 residents and was 415.9% higher than the Maxton & Elms Vale average (58.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 149.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Gate Road (CT17 9SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Malvern Road (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dover| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Durham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malvern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Military Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | East Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Military Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Military Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Priory Gate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | De Burgh Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | De Burgh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | De Burgh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Priory | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malvern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malvern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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