Total Crime Rate

125.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

87.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 87.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Querns Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Northgate , and the 117th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Canterbury .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Querns Road (CT1 1QA) in the last 12 months was 125.6 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% lower than the Northgate average (232.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 87.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Querns Road (CT1 1QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windmill Road, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Querns Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Querns Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Querns Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Windmill Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nonsuch Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nonsuch Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nonsuch Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nonsuch Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winston Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Windmill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Chaucer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour King'S Park
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chaucer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chaucer Road
Apr 2026Drugs King'S Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chaucer Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wemyss Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wemyss Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Avon Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Querns Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Querns Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Windmill Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Windmill Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windmill Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Querns Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Avon Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Querns Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Querns Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Avon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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