Crime · Folkestone

Reported crime in Folkestone

Name: Folkestone crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

6,202 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 131 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

6,202

Rate / 1,000

131

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	2,173	35%
Anti social behaviour	1,102	18%
Shoplifting	706	11%
Criminal damage and arson	579	9%
Other theft	373	6%
Drugs	315	5%
Public order	281	5%
Other crime	165	3%
Vehicle crime	152	2%
Burglary	141	2%
Possession of weapons	82	1%
Robbery	56	1%
Bicycle theft	46	1%
Theft from the person	31	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	223	219	129	169	195	176	171	169	216	169	165	172	2173
Anti social behaviour	107	104	85	69	83	75	70	94	86	83	117	129	1102
Shoplifting	71	71	46	73	56	41	55	45	76	57	51	64	706
Criminal damage and arson	39	55	25	30	36	45	43	46	56	52	33	119	579
Other theft	37	26	34	29	37	33	31	15	23	28	39	41	373
Drugs	18	34	17	25	20	29	38	24	33	24	33	20	315
Public order	30	17	25	22	33	19	25	12	28	28	18	24	281
Other crime	17	9	14	23	14	8	17	12	17	6	11	17	165
Vehicle crime	8	9	10	17	9	13	12	10	24	10	12	18	152
Burglary	14	10	10	13	14	10	10	10	13	13	11	13	141
Possession of weapons	6	4	4	4	7	8	13	9	9	5	9	4	82
Robbery	7	8	8	5	1	9	1	4		3	4	6	56
Bicycle theft	8	2	3	9	1	1	2	4	3	5	3	5	46
Theft from the person	5	6	4	3	1	2	1	2	1	3	3		31
Total	590	574	414	491	507	469	489	456	585	486	509	632	6202

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Folkestone, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 47,347.