Total Crime Rate
418.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Vauxhall Avenue 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 Vauxhall Avenue (CT1 1EU) 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 Vauxhall Avenue (CT1 1EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vauxhall Avenue, where police recorded 151 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Northgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Reed Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | East Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturry Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lambeth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Reed Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vauxhall Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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