Crime Rate in Blean Forest, ward

Blean Forest has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 21 wards in Canterbury district and the 1165th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 176th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Blean Forest in the last 12 months was 35.2 per 1,000 residents and was 67.2% lower than the Canterbury district average (107.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Blean Forest’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 148 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 157.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 160 (≈ 15.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Blean Forest ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Nightclub, with 40 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Sidney Cooper Close (16 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.