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Crime in Dover by area

Every neighbourhood we cover, ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents a year, from police.uk figures for June to August 2026. Highest first. Pick a type of crime to re-rank, or tap a column to sort.

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3,052crimes recordedJune to August 2026
+18%on the 3 months beforemore crime
Staplelowest rate2.2 per 1,000 a year
65.4middle areacrimes per 1,000 a year

Darker means more crime per resident. Tap an area for its page.

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Most improved: Whitfield (12%), Dover (13%) and Sandwich (24%), compared with the three months before.

Every area, ranked

#Most common
1DoverCT16 · 32,438 residents 178.7▲ 13%violence
2AshCT3 · 1,641 residents 117▲ 23%anti-social behaviour
3ShepherdswellCT15 · 1,601 residents 114.9▲ 188%violence
4WhitfieldCT16 · 5,896 residents 105.8▲ 12%violence
5AyleshamCT3 · 8,774 residents 89.4▲ 36%violence
6RiverCT17 · 5,579 residents 78.9▲ 34%violence
7DealCT14 · 27,214 residents 77.2▲ 29%violence
8Temple EwellCT16 · 4,007 residents · next to the city centre 73.9▲ 30%violence
9WalmerCT14 · 28,375 residents 72.6▲ 29%violence
10ElvingtonCT15 · 3,176 residents 71.8▲ 78%violence
11SholdenCT14 · 7,482 residents 69▲ 33%violence
12EythorneCT15 · 3,176 residents 68▲ 69%violence
13St. Margaret's at CliffeCT15 · 3,304 residents 65.4▲ 35%anti-social behaviour
14Stone CrossCT13 · 5,151 residents 61.3▲ 16%violence
15SandwichCT13 · 7,095 residents 60.3▲ 24%violence
16KearsneyCT16 · 5,579 residents 54.5▲ 31%violence
17EastryCT13 · 1,826 residents 43.8▼ 41%violence
18KingsdownCT14 · 1,963 residents 38.7▲ 36%violence
19Capel-le-FerneCT18 · 2,459 residents 32.50%violence
20NoningtonCT15 · 1,525 residents 28.90%anti-social behaviour
21WoodnesboroughCT13 · 1,944 residents 26.7▼ 7%public order
22PrestonCT3 · 2,003 residents 240%violence
23WinghamCT3 · 1,755 residents 16▼ 56%violence
24WorthCT14 · 1,740 residents 13.8–violence
25StapleCT3 · 1,847 residents 2.2–criminal damage

Change compares the last three months with the three before. A dash means too few crimes to compare fairly.

Why busy centres look worst

Crimes are counted where they happen, but residents are counted where they live. Town centres and shopping areas have lots of shops, bars and visitors and not many residents, so their rates come out high even though most people there are just passing through.

How we work it out

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. We count the crimes police.uk records inside the circle over the last three months and turn that into a yearly figure, then divide by the number of people who live inside the circle, from the 2021 Census. Police locations are moved slightly on purpose to protect victims, so treat small differences between neighbouring areas with a pinch of salt.

Sources: data.police.uk and the Office for National Statistics, both under the Open Government Licence. Figures update every month.

Crime in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Dover have the lowest crime?

Over June to August 2026, the areas with the fewest crimes per 1,000 residents were Staple, Worth, Wingham, Preston and Woodnesborough.

Which areas of Dover have the highest crime?

Leaving aside the big shopping and industrial areas, where visitors and workers push the figures up, the highest rates over June to August 2026 were in Dover, Ash, Shepherdswell, Whitfield and Aylesham.

Is crime going up or down in Dover?

Across Dover, 3,052 crimes were recorded over June to August 2026, 18% more than the three months before.

How is crime per 1,000 residents worked out?

We count the crimes police.uk records inside each area, turn the last three months into a yearly figure, and divide by the number of people who live there from the 2021 Census.