Postcode · Dover
Crime in CT17 9LE
How much crime is recorded in CT17 9LE, 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
- 1,443 (2024)
CT17 9LEDover
How safe is CT17 9LE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 21.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CT17 9LE 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
21.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
85
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).
CT17 9LENational
Shoplifting33.78.4
Violence and sexual offences17.523.6
Anti-social behaviour11.110.7
Criminal damage and arson8.54.7
Other theft4.74.5
Burglary4.19.1
Vehicle crime2.73.5
Public order2.24.6
Other crime1.71.5
Drugs1.42.4
Possession of weapons0.00.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 44% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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40
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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.