Crime Rate in Little Stour & Adisham, ward

Little Stour & Adisham has the 8th lowest crime rate of 21 wards in Canterbury district and the 2522nd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 475th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Little Stour & Adisham in the last 12 months was 49.2 per 1,000 residents and was 54.1% lower than the Canterbury district average (107.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Little Stour & Adisham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 107 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -30.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 118 (≈ 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Little Stour & Adisham ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Court Meadows. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.