Total Crime Rate
1509.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
512.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blean Forest , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 475 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 High Street (CT1 2JE) in the last 12 months was 1509.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4035.3% higher than the Blean Forest average (36.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 115 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 143 (≈ 512.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (CT1 2JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Butchery Lane, where police recorded 240 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bus/Coach Station (111 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canterbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Iron Bar Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rose Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rose Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehorse Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Borough | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehorse Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitehorse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitehorse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehorse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehorse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehorse Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Best Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Best Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Best Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Best Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Best Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Best Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Best Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chantry Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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