Total Crime Rate
218.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Martins Terrace area has the 9th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 51st highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Canterbury .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Martins Terrace (CT1 1QB) in the last 12 months was 218.0 per 1,000 residents and was 71.3% higher than the Wincheap average (127.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 89.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Martins Terrace (CT1 1QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Craddock Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canterbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Querns Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Craddock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martin'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Paddock | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Querns Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Querns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Martins Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King'S Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Querns Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Querns Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Querns Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King'S Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Craddock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Gregory'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | North Holmes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Gregory'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Craddock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Craddock Road | Under investigation |
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