Crime Rates at Pretoria Road, Canterbury, CT1 1QL

Pretoria Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 171st highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Canterbury .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pretoria Road (CT1 1QL) in the last 12 months was 92.0 per 1,000 residents and was 27.7% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 46.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pretoria Road (CT1 1QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chaucer Road, where police recorded 43 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.