Total Crime Rate
28.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Greenfield Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in East Folkestone , and the 89th lowest crime rate of 348 local areas in Folkestone and Hythe .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Greenfield Road (CT19 6ER) in the last 12 months was 28.4 per 1,000 residents and was 65.0% lower than the East Folkestone average (81.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 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 ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (β 15.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Greenfield Road (CT19 6ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ernwell Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ethelbert Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawrence Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ernwell Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawrence Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ernwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Page Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Athelstan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alexandra Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ethelbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ethelbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Saviours Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ethelbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baldwin Terrace | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canterbury Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Close | β |
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