Total Crime Rate
391.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025King Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Blean Forest , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 477 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 King Street (CT1 2AR) in the last 12 months was 391.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1013.2% higher than the Blean Forest average (35.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (β 190.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around King Street (CT1 2AR), the main crime hotspot is near Butchery Lane. Police recorded 221 crimes here, including 65 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blean Forest| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Butchery Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehorse Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Borough | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chantry Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Iron Bar Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iron Bar Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Iron Bar Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Iron Bar Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Butchery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Butchery Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Butchery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Butchery Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Butchery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Butchery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Butchery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orange Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pound Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pound Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tower Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Tower Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Westgate Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Westgate Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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