Total Crime Rate
541.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
206.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stour Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blean Forest , and the 12th 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 Stour Street (CT1 2PH) in the last 12 months was 541.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1385.1% higher than the Blean Forest average (36.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 206.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stour Street (CT1 2PH), the main crime hotspot is near Station Road East. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Canterbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehorse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lavender Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greyfriars Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Watling Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlowe Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Adelaide Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canterbury East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Canterbury East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Canterbury East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Peter'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bingley Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bingley Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bingley Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bingley Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road East | — |
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