Total Crime Rate

110.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 110.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.5 7/10
  • Drugs 19.5 10/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • 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
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

Albion Villas area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Folkestone Central , and the 79th highest crime rate of 348 local areas in Folkestone and Hythe .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Albion Villas (CT20 1RP) in the last 12 months was 110.4 per 1,000 residents and was 53.0% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Albion Villas (CT20 1RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 201 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marine Terrace (81 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Albion Villas area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marine Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bouverie Square
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longford Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Longford Terrace Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Longford Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rendezvous Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rendezvous Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rendezvous Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cheriton Place
Sep 2025Drugs Priory Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Marine Parade Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marine Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Bay Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gloucester Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gloucester Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A2033 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A2033 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A2033
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A2033
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tontine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tontine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foord Road South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foord Road South Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foord Road South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mill Bay Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pound Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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