Total Crime Rate
50.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ingles Mews area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Broadmead , and the 162nd 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 Ingles Mews (CT20 2SD) in the last 12 months was 50.6 per 1,000 residents and was 58.4% lower than the Broadmead average (121.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -95.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ingles Mews (CT20 2SD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 205 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millfield | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millfield | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Augusta Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coolinge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingles Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingles Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christ Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coolinge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pleydell Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Muddles Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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