Total Crime Rate

130.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 130.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 40.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Robbery 6.7 8/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Cheriton High Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Cheriton , and the 55th highest crime rate of 348 local areas in Folkestone and Hythe .

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 Cheriton High Street (CT19 4HB) in the last 12 months was 130.9 per 1,000 residents and was 85.0% higher than the Cheriton average (70.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 53.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cheriton High Street (CT19 4HB), the main crime hotspot is near Woodfield Close. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cheriton High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beckwith Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weymouth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Weymouth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quested Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Drugs Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Baker Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weymouth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Darlinghurst Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoddart Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Broomfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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