Total Crime Rate
117.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Reed 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.
View Crime In Canterbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dickens Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dickens Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conrad Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sturry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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