Total Crime Rate
1094.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Northgate area has the highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Northgate , and the 5th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Canterbury .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Northgate (CT1 1BL) in the last 12 months was 1094.1 per 1,000 residents and was 397.8% higher than the Northgate average (219.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -1.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 90 (≈ 445.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northgate (CT1 1BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Northgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Starle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Borough | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tourtel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Ambleside Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambleside Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambleside Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Town Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Town Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Town Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Northgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Military Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Notley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tourtel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Tourtel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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