Total Crime Rate
155.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cornwallis Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Aylesham, Eythorne & Shepherdswell , and the 54th highest crime rate of 365 local areas in Dover .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cornwallis Avenue (CT3 3HF) in the last 12 months was 155.9 per 1,000 residents and was 162.7% higher than the Aylesham, Eythorne & Shepherdswell average (59.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 71.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cornwallis Avenue (CT3 3HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church View (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Aylesham, Eythorne & Shepherdswell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cripps Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windermere Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tennyson Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heritage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckle Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grasmere Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cripps Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorman Avenue North | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dorman Avenue North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grasmere Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorman Avenue North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Church View | Under investigation |
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