Crime Rates at Palace Street, Canterbury, CT1 2DY

Palace 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 Palace Street (CT1 2DY) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Palace Street (CT1 2DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 434 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bus/Coach Station (133 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.