Crime Statistics for Barnsole, Dover, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Barnsole, Dover

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in in January 2024. The largest category was Violent Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Barnsole, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime2
All Crime2

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Barnsole. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Barnsole

We've taken the ten nearest places to Barnsole and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Barnsole has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Ash (near Sandwich) (1.75 miles)18
Coombe (1.39 miles)15
Marshborough (1.96 miles)10
Gore (1.96 miles)8
Buttsole (2.23 miles)7
Hammill (1.39 miles)5
Durlock (0.62 miles)3
Barnsole2
Shatterling (1.39 miles)2
Chillenden (1.96 miles)1

6.25%
of Little Stour & Ashstone residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Barnsole?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Barnsole and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Gore6
Ash (near Sandwich)4
Coombe4
Buttsole4
Hammill4
Durlock2
Barnsole2
Marshborough1
Shatterling1
Chillenden0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Barnsole?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Barnsole to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Barnsole compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Barnsole and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Barnsole is ranked #10.

#WardScore
1Barton67
2Sturry54
3Aylesham, Eythorne & Shepherdswell49
4Mill Hill48
5Reculver43
6Eastry Rural42
7Nailbourne35
8Little Stour & Adisham34
9Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe32
10Little Stour & Ashstone29
11Sandwich26

Which road in Barnsole has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Barnsole with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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