Total Crime Rate
263.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rhodaus Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 37th highest crime rate of 477 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 Rhodaus Close (CT1 2RQ) in the last 12 months was 263.3 per 1,000 residents and was 104.3% higher than the Wincheap average (128.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -55.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 153.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 302.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rhodaus Close (CT1 2RQ), the main crime hotspot is near Bus/Coach Station. Police recorded 256 crimes here, including 133 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wincheap| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rose Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holme Oak Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holme Oak Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rose Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St George'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhodaus Town | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St George'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St George'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St George'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St George'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St George'S Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rhodaus Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Vernon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bristol Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
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