Total Crime Rate

398.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 398.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 244.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.5 8/10
  • Public order 24.1 10/10
  • Other crime 10.3 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Robbery 10.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Field Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Northgate , and the 21st highest crime rate of 477 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 Field Avenue (CT1 1TR) in the last 12 months was 398.6 per 1,000 residents and was 81.4% higher than the Northgate average (219.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 115.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 82.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Field Avenue (CT1 1TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 143 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tennyson Avenue (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Field Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Field Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Other crime Stour Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stour Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lambeth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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