Crime Rate in St Stephen's, ward

St Stephen's has the 7th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Canterbury district and the 1505th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 173rd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Stephen's in the last 12 months was 107.1 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% higher than the Canterbury district average (107.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Stephen's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 519 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 5 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -34.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 580 (≈ 53.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Stephen's ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Redwood Close. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.