Total Crime Rate

107.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 107.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Other theft 13.5 9/10
  • Public order 13.5 8/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bradstone 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 Bradstone Road (CT20 1HW) 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 Bradstone Road (CT20 1HW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 190 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bradstone Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A2033 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coolinge Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coolinge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ingles Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingles Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Darlington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Peter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Darby Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Peter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alexandra Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Darby Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rendezvous Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peto Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Black Bull Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Black Bull Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Black Bull Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shepway Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shepway Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Jesmond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A2033 Under investigation

Data Sources

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