Total Crime Rate

18.7 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 18.7 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.4 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Shorncliffe Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Broadmead , and the 53rd lowest 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 Shorncliffe Road (CT20 2NB) in the last 12 months was 18.7 per 1,000 residents and was 86.0% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 14.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shorncliffe Road (CT20 2NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Earl'S Avenue, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grimston Gardens (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shorncliffe Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Grimston Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Grimston Gardens Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Grimston Gardens Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grimston Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Folkestone Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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