Total Crime Rate
510.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
162.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bradstone Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in East Folkestone , and the 7th highest crime rate of 348 local areas in Folkestone and Hythe .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bradstone Avenue (CT19 5AQ) in the last 12 months was 510.0 per 1,000 residents and was 528.5% higher than the East Folkestone average (81.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 162.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bradstone Avenue (CT19 5AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sussex Road, where police recorded 122 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bellevue Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shellons Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Darby Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foord Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foord Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foord Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copthall Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Grace Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradstone New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bradstone New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allendale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Connaught Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darlington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Foord Road South | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gloucester Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingles Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingles Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingles Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ingles Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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