Crime Rates at Old Dover Road, Canterbury, CT1 3DA

Old Dover Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 198th 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 Old Dover Road (CT1 3DA) in the last 12 months was 82.2 per 1,000 residents and was 35.4% lower than the Wincheap average (127.3 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 Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Dover Road (CT1 3DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A2050 (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.