Total Crime Rate
180.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Horseshoe Mews area has the 12th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 475 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 Horseshoe Mews (CT1 3BP) in the last 12 months was 180.4 per 1,000 residents and was 41.7% higher than the Wincheap average (127.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (β 69.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Horseshoe Mews (CT1 3BP), 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 | Station Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peri Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road East | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lime Kiln Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lime Kiln Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road East | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peri Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bingley Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bingley Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lavender Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lavender Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tannery Way South | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drying Shed Lane | Under investigation |
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