Total Crime Rate
95.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brambledown area has the 9th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in East Folkestone , and the 86th 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 Brambledown (CT19 5SL) in the last 12 months was 95.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% higher than the East Folkestone average (81.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brambledown (CT19 5SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sussex Road, where police recorded 122 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bellevue Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harvey Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jesmond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bradstone Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bradstone Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Black Bull Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Foord Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Foord Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Abbott Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abbott Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Grace Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foord Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foord Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foord Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foord Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jesmond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pavilion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foord Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Bank Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Bank Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ernwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ernwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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