Total Crime Rate

569.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 569.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 364.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.9 9/10
  • Public order 26.4 10/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Other crime 7.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.3 7/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Edward Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 12th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Canterbury .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Edward Road (CT1 1UH) in the last 12 months was 569.9 per 1,000 residents and was 342.3% higher than the Wincheap average (128.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 138 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 121.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edward Road (CT1 1UH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 155 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Edward Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A2050 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oaten Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Monastery Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Monastery Street 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
Sep 2025Public order Lady Wootton'S Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street (St Pauls) Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cossington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street (St Pauls) Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons A2050 Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons A2050 Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft A2050 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A2050
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cossington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A2050
Sep 2025Burglary Flagstaff Court Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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