Total Crime Rate
510.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
162.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Radnor Park Road 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 Radnor Park Road (CT19 5BJ) 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 Radnor Park Road (CT19 5BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sussex Road, where police recorded 122 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Claremont Road (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darlington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Coolinge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allendale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watkin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coolinge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coolinge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coolinge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coolinge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coolinge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Coolinge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coolinge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bournemouth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bournemouth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bournemouth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claremont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Road | — |
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