Total Crime Rate

93.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 93.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old Dover Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 160th highest crime rate of 477 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 3DF) in the last 12 months was 93.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Dover Road (CT1 3DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 155 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St George'S Place (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Dover Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bigglestons Link —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bigglestons Link —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bigglestons Link —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A2050 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Pauls Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A2050 —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A2050 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A2050 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft A2050 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Pauls Terrace —
Sep 2025Burglary Vernon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Vernon Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting A2050 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons A2050 Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Flagstaff Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Flagstaff Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Flagstaff Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons A2050 Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cossington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bigglestons Link Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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