Total Crime Rate
522.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Field Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Northgate , and the 13th 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 Field Avenue (CT1 1TR) in the last 12 months was 522.3 per 1,000 residents and was 124.3% higher than the Northgate average (232.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 73.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 99.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.7% 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 164 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tennyson Avenue (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canterbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dickens Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dickens Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tennyson Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tennyson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stour Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stour Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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