Crime Rates at Downside, Folkestone, CT19 5DG

Downside area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Broadmead , and the 44th lowest crime rate of 348 local areas in Folkestone and Hythe .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Downside (CT19 5DG) in the last 12 months was 14.9 per 1,000 residents and was 87.7% lower than the Broadmead average (121.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -92.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Downside (CT19 5DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Waltons, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jesmond Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.