Total Crime Rate

53.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 53.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.1 4/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Sunnyside Place area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Folkestone Central , and the 166th lowest crime rate of 348 local areas in Folkestone and Hythe .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sunnyside Place (CT20 1QX) in the last 12 months was 53.6 per 1,000 residents and was 77.2% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sunnyside Place (CT20 1QX), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sunnyside Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martello Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Folly Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Folly Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Folly Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Folly Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Bay Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tontine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Back Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Stade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Stade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tontine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St Michael'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft East Cliff Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Martello Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martello Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Mill Bay Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martello Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radnor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margaret Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Lennard Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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