Crime Rates at Cheriton Road, Folkestone, CT19 5JP

Cheriton Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Broadmead , and the 53rd 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 Cheriton Road (CT19 5JP) in the last 12 months was 134.1 per 1,000 residents and was 10.2% higher than the Broadmead average (121.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cheriton Road (CT19 5JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marten Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.