Total Crime Rate

65.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 65.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.4 8/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 1.9 1/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Public order 1.9 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Shoplifting 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

Biggins Wood Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Cheriton , and the 149th highest crime rate of 348 local areas in Folkestone and Hythe .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Biggins Wood Road (CT19 4NQ) in the last 12 months was 65.9 per 1,000 residents and was 6.8% lower 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Biggins Wood Road (CT19 4NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dennis Way, where police recorded 29 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.

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Crime Over Time in Biggins Wood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weymouth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weymouth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoddart Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dennis Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Elventon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Weymouth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dennis Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Baker Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Darlinghurst Road
Sep 2025Other theft Dennis Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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