Total Crime Rate

1304.7 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 1304.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 387.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 340.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 168.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 68.1 10/10
  • Other theft 68.1 10/10
  • Public order 68.1 10/10
  • Drugs 64.5 10/10
  • Robbery 43.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 25.1 10/10
  • Other crime 21.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 17.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.3 9/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.2 9/10
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

Tower Way area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Blean Forest , and the 3rd 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 Tower Way (CT1 2DP) in the last 12 months was 1304.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3611.7% higher than the Blean Forest average (35.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 108 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 141 (≈ 505.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Way (CT1 2DP), the main crime hotspot is near Best Lane. Police recorded 141 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/93)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Lane —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Best Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Best Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Stephen'S Fields —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Dunstan'S Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Dunstan'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Best Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Drying Shed Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Dunstan'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Creine Mill Lane North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Creine Mill Lane North Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Best Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tower Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Best Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Best Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Best Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pound Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pound Lane —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Best Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Best Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Station Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road West —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Tower Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Westgate Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sun Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Peter'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St Peter'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St Peter'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peter'S Place —
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Data Sources

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