Crime Rate in Westgate, ward

Westgate has the highest crime rate of 21 wards in Canterbury district and the 137th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 17th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Westgate in the last 12 months was 276.5 per 1,000 residents and was 158.4% higher than the Canterbury district average (107.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Westgate’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 792 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 31 cases , up 24.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -46.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,023 (≈ 98.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Westgate ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 434 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Bus/Coach Station (133 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.