Total Crime Rate

330.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 330.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 234.8 10/10
  • Other theft 43.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 29.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.1 6/10
  • Other crime 11.6 10/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Langdon Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Cheriton , and the 17th 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 Langdon Road (CT19 4HX) in the last 12 months was 330.4 per 1,000 residents and was 311.9% higher than the Cheriton average (80.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Langdon Road (CT19 4HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodfield Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Langdon Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mitchell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Appledore Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Firs Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Weymouth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Weymouth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Weymouth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Weymouth Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mitchell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Chilham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Woodfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mitchell Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shaftesbury Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaftesbury Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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