Total Crime Rate

118.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 118.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.9 8/10
  • Drugs 28.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Theft from the person 5.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

North Holmes Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 119th highest crime rate of 477 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 North Holmes Road (CT1 1QR) in the last 12 months was 118.6 per 1,000 residents and was 7.9% lower than the Wincheap average (128.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Holmes Road (CT1 1QR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Craddock Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in North Holmes Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Craddock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Craddock Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pretoria Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Martins Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Thomas Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Martin'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Craddock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Martin'S Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Gregory'S Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Paddock —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Craddock Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Craddock Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Craddock Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Craddock Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Querns Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Craddock Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Martin'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Craddock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Craddock Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Military Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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