Total Crime Rate

109.4 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 109.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.6 8/10
  • Public order 21.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.5 6/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Dragoon Place area has the 9th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Cheriton , and the 80th highest crime rate of 348 local areas in Folkestone and Hythe .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dragoon Place (CT20 3SZ) in the last 12 months was 109.4 per 1,000 residents and was 54.6% higher than the Cheriton average (70.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 194.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dragoon Place (CT20 3SZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Royal Military Avenue, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Rifles (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dragoon Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Burgoyne Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garrison Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royal Military Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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