Total Crime Rate
134.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garden Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in East Folkestone , and the 52nd 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 Garden Road (CT19 5RB) in the last 12 months was 134.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.9% higher than the East Folkestone average (81.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 86.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garden Road (CT19 5RB), the main crime hotspot is near Sussex Road. Police recorded 122 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Church Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pavilion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jesmond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jesmond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walter Tull Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bradstone Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bradstone Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Foord Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Foord Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bournemouth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ernwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allendale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darlington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Darlington Street | — |
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