Total Crime Rate

115.9 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 115.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.8 7/10
  • Other theft 19.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Drugs 9.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Earls Avenue area has the 21st highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Broadmead , and the 71st 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 Earls Avenue (CT20 2EX) in the last 12 months was 115.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% lower than the Broadmead average (133.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 38.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Earls Avenue (CT20 2EX), the main crime hotspot is near Clifton Road. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Earls Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Clifton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westbourne Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Metropole Road West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Westbourne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Westbourne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clifton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westbourne Gardens —
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Data Sources

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