Total Crime Rate
439.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shellons Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Folkestone Central , and the 6th 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 Shellons Street (CT20 1BP) in the last 12 months was 439.0 per 1,000 residents and was 87.1% higher than the Folkestone Central average (234.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (β 225.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 76.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 75.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shellons Street (CT20 1BP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 200 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Folkestone Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Priory Gardens | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | West Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | West Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | West Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | West Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Peter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Peter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pound Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingles Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingles Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingles Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A2033 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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