Total Crime Rate
96.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broad Street area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Northgate , and the 162nd highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Canterbury .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Broad Street (CT1 2LT) in the last 12 months was 96.2 per 1,000 residents and was 58.7% lower than the Northgate average (232.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 42.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broad Street (CT1 2LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 139 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burgate Lane (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canterbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Notley Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burgate Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burgate Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burgate Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burgate Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Burgate Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Ruttington Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Iron Bar Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Burgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kingsmead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street (St Pauls) | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street (St Pauls) | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burgate Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burgate Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burgate Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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