Total Crime Rate

355.8 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 355.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 95.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 61.4 10/10
  • Drugs 24.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 21.5 7/10
  • Other theft 18.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.4 10/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.1 8/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Church 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.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A2050
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Flagstaff Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Flagstaff Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Flagstaff Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A2050
Sep 2025Bicycle theft A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft A2050 Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons A2050 Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons A2050 Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Monastery Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oaten Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cossington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cossington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Burglary Vernon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Vernon Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Road

Data Sources

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