Total Crime Rate

193.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 193.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 93.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Other theft 12.6 9/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Robbery 9.0 9/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 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

Parham Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Northgate , and the 57th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Canterbury .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Parham Road (CT1 1YN) in the last 12 months was 193.1 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% lower than the Northgate average (219.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 46.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Parham Road (CT1 1YN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Parham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Riverdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teddington Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teddington Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teddington Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teddington Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teddington Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Teddington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Honeywood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parham Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Honeywood Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Honeywood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Honeywood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Honeywood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teddington Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Parham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hudson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hudson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Glenside Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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