Total Crime Rate
92.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026College Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 171st highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Canterbury .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around College Road (CT1 1UZ) in the last 12 months was 92.0 per 1,000 residents and was 27.7% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 46.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around College Road (CT1 1UZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Craddock Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canterbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craddock Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Craddock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Craddock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Craddock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King'S Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King'S Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Martins Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tourtel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | March Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | March Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | North Holmes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | March Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clement Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Craddock Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craddock Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martin'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Notley Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Alma Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Paddock | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Craddock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Craddock Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Craddock Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Gregory'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Gregory'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Craddock Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Craddock Drive | Under investigation |
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