Total Crime Rate

81.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 81.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.0 7/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 1.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.6 1/10
  • Robbery 1.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Alder Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Broadmead , and the 111th 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 Alder Road (CT19 5BZ) in the last 12 months was 81.7 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% lower than the Broadmead average (133.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 35.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alder Road (CT19 5BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Victoria Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jesmond Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Alder Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beech Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radnor Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bournemouth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bournemouth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bournemouth Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radnor Park Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pavilion Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Jesmond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beech Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St John'S Church Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alder Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palmerston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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