Total Crime Rate
3722.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1146.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marlowe Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blean Forest , and the 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 Marlowe Avenue (CT1 2PS) in the last 12 months was 3722.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10099.9% higher than the Blean Forest average (36.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 480 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 53.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 470 (≈ 1146.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marlowe Avenue (CT1 2PS), 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 | Rose Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Best Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butchery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butchery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Butchery Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Butchery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Best Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Best Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Best Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butchery Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Best Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Best Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Butchery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Butchery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Butchery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Butchery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butchery Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butchery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehorse Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beer Cart Lane | 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 | Petros Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petros Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beer Cart Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beer Cart Lane | — |
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