Total Crime Rate
391.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Guildhall 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 Guildhall Street (CT1 2JQ) 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 Guildhall Street (CT1 2JQ), 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.
View Crime In Blean Forest| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Best Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Best Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Best Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Best Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Best Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Best Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Best Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Best Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Best Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Best Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Best Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehorse Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Best Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Best Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Best Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rose Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Best Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Best Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burgate Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Butchery Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Butchery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Butchery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Butchery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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