Total Crime Rate
355.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 26th 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 Church Street (CT1 1NH) in the last 12 months was 355.8 per 1,000 residents and was 176.2% higher than the Wincheap average (128.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 98.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Street (CT1 1NH), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 228 crimes here, including 102 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wincheap| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A2050 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Flagstaff Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Flagstaff Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Flagstaff Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A2050 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | A2050 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A2050 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A2050 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | A2050 | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | A2050 | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A2050 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A2050 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A2050 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A2050 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Monastery Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaten Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cossington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cossington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Vernon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Vernon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
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