Yes. Hythe is one of the quiet corners of a district that isn't especially loud to begin with. Crime runs about two-fifths below the district rate. The main categories look much like anywhere else in the country. Criminal damage runs a little above the national share. Most evenings, the loudest thing in town is the sea.
Police figures for June 2025 to May 2026 recorded 769 crimes in Hythe, a published rate of about 51 per 1,000 residents. That puts the town roughly 40% below the Folkestone and Hythe average. Estate agents will call that "a safe area", and for once the brochure has it about right.
Across the whole Folkestone and Hythe district, the rate over the same year was about 85 per 1,000. So that's about 51 in Hythe against about 85 for the district around it. The district includes busier town centres, and Hythe sits comfortably at the calm end of it.
For neighbourhood texture, Hythe averages about 3,400 residents per square kilometre, a settled town density rather than a packed one. Unemployment runs at about 2%, and about 2% of households are overcrowded. Neither figure explains the crime rate, but both describe a place that isn't under much strain.
As for what gets reported, violence and sexual offences make up about 37% of Hythe's recorded crime, against about 35% nationally. That's the biggest category almost everywhere, and it covers a wide legal range, including common assault that causes no injury, so the near-match with the national share is the point, not the headline number. Anti-social behaviour is about 18% here against 16% nationally, again close. Criminal damage and arson stand out a little more, at about 11% against 7%, and other theft is about 8% against 7%. Shoplifting runs lower than the national share, about 6% against 8%, and public order about 5% against 7%. The mix is ordinary with one detail: if something goes wrong here, it's more likely to be a keyed car or a broken fence than a stolen wallet.
On what happens after a report, Kent Police, which covers the whole county, charged a suspect in about 16% of cases over the same year, against about 12% nationally, putting the force sixth of the 42 in England and Wales. About 36% of cases were closed with no suspect identified. That's the force's record, not Hythe's, and it answers a different question from how often crime happens. It's the honest answer to "will they catch them": better than most forces, and still not often.
Safety is one of Hythe's real strengths. Nobody moving here needs to rethink their evening walk.