Total Crime Rate

366.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 366.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 168.5 10/10
  • Other theft 56.2 10/10
  • Burglary 31.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.5 9/10
  • Other crime 20.2 10/10
  • Drugs 15.7 9/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cheriton Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Folkestone Central , and the 10th 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 Cheriton Road (CT20 1DF) in the last 12 months was 366.3 per 1,000 residents and was 56.1% higher than the Folkestone Central average (234.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 182.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cheriton Road (CT20 1DF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 270 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cheriton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/89)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longford Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bouverie Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radnor Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shakespeare Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cheriton Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brockman Road —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bouverie Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
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Data Sources

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