Crime Rates at Sturry Road, Canterbury, CT1 1DP

Sturry Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Northgate , and the 19th 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 Sturry Road (CT1 1DP) in the last 12 months was 418.0 per 1,000 residents and was 90.2% higher than the Northgate average (219.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 128.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 136.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sturry Road (CT1 1DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vauxhall Avenue, where police recorded 151 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.