Crime Statistics for Sandgate, Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, Mar 2021

The aim of this article is to provide a brief overview of street level crime in Sandgate using the latest Police statistics. Police data is usually published two months in arrears, so March 2021 are the latest figures. The data published by the Police are incidents that were reported to them in that month, not the crimes that were prosecuted and/or had further action taken. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken.

There were a total of 78 street level crime incidents in Sandgate in March 2021. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour. Below are these incidents broken down by category.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Sandgate, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	33
Anti Social Behaviour	23
Other Crime	9
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Other Theft	4
Vehicle Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	78

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2021

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

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 Sandgate

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Morehall (0.62 miles)	185
Coolinge (0.62 miles)	185
Cheriton (0.88 miles)	113
Sandgate	78
Gibraltar (2.48 miles)	57
Shorncliffe Camp (0.62 miles)	56
Peene (1.75 miles)	44
Horn Street (1.24 miles)	41
Newington (2.23 miles)	2
Frogholt (2.23 miles)	2

Most violent places near Sandgate

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Morehall	52
Coolinge	52
Cheriton	44
Sandgate	25
Shorncliffe Camp	23
Gibraltar	15
Peene	14
Horn Street	4
Newington	1
Frogholt	1

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