Postcode · Dover
Crime in CT15 7DB
How much crime is recorded in CT15 7DB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Elms Vale & Capel-le-Ferne
- Council
- Dover
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,446 (2024)
CT15 7DBDover
How safe is CT15 7DB
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 20.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CT15 7DB area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
44
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
CT15 7DBNational
Violence and sexual offences16.923.6
Anti-social behaviour10.310.7
Burglary6.59.1
Criminal damage and arson4.44.7
Other theft3.84.5
Drugs2.32.4
Other crime2.21.5
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Public order0.34.6
Bicycle theft0.11.0
Shoplifting0.18.4
Robbery0.01.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 38% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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20
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.