Total Crime Rate

80.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 40.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.5 5/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Orchard Flats area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 201st 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 Orchard Flats (CT1 1SR) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 36.5% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 40.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orchard Flats (CT1 1SR), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 196 crimes here, including 162 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Orchard Flats area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerset Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rutland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dorset Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sussex Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kent Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Suffolk Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Suffolk Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Suffolk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rutland Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hampshire Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Hampshire Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Surrey Road —
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Data Sources

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