East Folkestone vs Sandgate & West Folkestone

East Folkestone has a safety score of 3/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,381 crimes in the last 12 months. Sandgate & West Folkestone has a safety score of 74/100 (Safe) with 329 crimes. Sandgate & West Folkestone scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

East Folkestone shows a year-on-year crime trend of +35.8% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Sandgate & West Folkestone shows +21.4% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In East Folkestone, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (591 incidents). In Sandgate & West Folkestone, it is Violent Crime (134 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

East Folkestone recorded 203 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Sandgate & West Folkestone recorded 92. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in East Folkestone totalled 591 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 134 in Sandgate & West Folkestone. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, East Folkestone recorded 1,017 crimes (now 1,381, a change of +35.8%). Sandgate & West Folkestone recorded 271 crimes previously (now 329, +21.4%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. East Folkestone has a resolution rate of 25.9% and Sandgate & West Folkestone has 22.7%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

East Folkestone falls within the Kent Police boundary. Sandgate & West Folkestone is covered by Kent Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both East Folkestone and Sandgate & West Folkestone. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.