Total Crime Rate
4.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Exeter Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Cheriton , and the 7th lowest crime rate of 348 local areas in Folkestone and Hythe .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Exeter Close (CT19 4JD) in the last 12 months was 4.4 per 1,000 residents and was 94.5% lower than the Cheriton average (80.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Exeter Close (CT19 4JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cheriton Interchange, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mitchell Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cheriton Interchange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cheriton Interchange | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cheriton Interchange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cheriton Interchange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cheriton Interchange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheriton Interchange | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitchell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitchell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mitchell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mitchell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cheriton Interchange | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cheriton Interchange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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