Crime Rates at Mount Pleasant Road, Folkestone, CT20 1HU

Mount Pleasant Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Folkestone Central , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 348 local areas in Folkestone and Hythe .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mount Pleasant Road (CT20 1HU) in the last 12 months was 107.7 per 1,000 residents and was 54.1% lower than the Folkestone Central average (234.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 40.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mount Pleasant Road (CT20 1HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sussex Road, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rendezvous Street (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.