Total Crime Rate
235.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park View area has the 7th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Broadmead , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 348 local areas in Folkestone and Hythe .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Park View (CT19 6HR) in the last 12 months was 235.1 per 1,000 residents and was 93.3% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park View (CT19 6HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Green Lane, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park View (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dallas-Brett Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ethelbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ethelbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | George Gurr Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Gurr Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Creteway Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ethelbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Walton Manor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Walton Manor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Fleming Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Page Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fleming Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleming Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Saviours Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brabner Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brabner Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dallas-Brett Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dallas-Brett Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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