Total Crime Rate

393.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 393.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 207.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.3 10/10
  • Other theft 22.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 8/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old Park Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Northgate , and the 22nd 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 Old Park Avenue (CT1 1DW) in the last 12 months was 393.1 per 1,000 residents and was 78.8% higher than the Northgate average (219.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 110.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Park Avenue (CT1 1DW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Old Park Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/35)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Riverdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Riverdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regency Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regency Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regency Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Regency Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Regency Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Regency Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regency Place —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parham Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Parham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Old Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forrester Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Forrester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Street —
Sep 2025Public order Forrester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Forrester Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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