Total Crime Rate

117.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

16.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 117.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 61.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 16.8 4/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Robbery 5.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Reed Avenue area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Northgate , and the 125th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Canterbury .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Reed Avenue (CT1 1ET) in the last 12 months was 117.3 per 1,000 residents and was 49.6% lower than the Northgate average (232.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -12.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Reed Avenue (CT1 1ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vauxhall Avenue, where police recorded 199 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tennyson Avenue (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Reed Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dickens Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dickens Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Dickens Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Dickens Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conrad Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sturry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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