Total Crime Rate
355.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Havelock 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 Havelock Street (CT1 1NP) 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 Havelock Street (CT1 1NP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 32 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 | Craddock Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Notley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Craddock Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tourtel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tourtel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Tourtel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lady Wootton'S Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Starle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Gregory'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Craddock Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Craddock Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Craddock Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street (St Pauls) | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Monastery Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Craddock Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Monastery Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street (St Pauls) | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Military Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street St Gregorys | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Northgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Row | Under investigation |
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