Total Crime Rate

554.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

116.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 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 554.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 350.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 116.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.2 9/10
  • 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
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Other crime 7.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.3 7/10
  • Burglary 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 · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Albert 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 Albert Road (CT1 1UJ) in the last 12 months was 554.1 per 1,000 residents and was 321.1% higher than the Wincheap average (131.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 133 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 116.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Albert Road (CT1 1UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 149 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St George'S Place (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Albert Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/46)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Bicycle theft North Holmes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour St Pauls Terrace —
Oct 2025Public order A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Public order A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Lady Wootton'S Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Shoplifting A2050 Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Ersham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting A2050 Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting A2050 Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft St George'S Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour St George'S Place —
Oct 2025Shoplifting A2050 Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Monastery Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivy Lane Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences St Pauls Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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