Crime Statistics for St Margaret’s at Cliffe, Dover, Kent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for St Margaret’s at Cliffe in August 2024. There were a total of 15 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in St Margaret’s at Cliffe, 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	7
Other Crime	3
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Other Theft	1
All Crime	15

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes St Margaret’s at Cliffe. 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 St Margaret’s at Cliffe

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Dover (3.61 miles)	395
Buckland (3.92 miles)	289
Buckland Valley (3.77 miles)	212
Tower Hamlets (4.16 miles)	171
Church Whitfield (3.16 miles)	105
Pineham (3.16 miles)	72
Walmer (3.78 miles)	64
St Margaret’s at Cliffe	15
South Foreland (0.63 miles)	12
Martin (2.63 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near St Margaret’s at Cliffe?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Dover	160
Buckland	115
Buckland Valley	97
Tower Hamlets	76
Church Whitfield	51
Pineham	29
Walmer	29
St Margaret’s at Cliffe	7
South Foreland	7
Martin	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in St Margaret’s at Cliffe?

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 St Margaret’s at Cliffe 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 St Margaret’s at Cliffe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to St Margaret’s at Cliffe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.St Margaret’s at Cliffe is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Radigunds	95
2	Tower Hamlets	92
3	Buckland	87
4	Town & Castle	80
5	Middle Deal	65
6	Maxton & Elms Vale	58
7	Whitfield	57
8	Mill Hill	48
9	Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe	32
10	Walmer	32
11	Dover Downs & River	31

Which road in St Margaret’s at Cliffe has the highest level of crime?

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