Total Crime Rate

108.0 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

44.0 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 44.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Other crime 12.0 10/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nunnery Fields area has the 19th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 136th 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 Nunnery Fields (CT1 3JN) in the last 12 months was 108.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (β‰ˆ 44.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nunnery Fields (CT1 3JN), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 460 crimes here, including 119 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nunnery Fields area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Pauls Terrace β€”
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petros Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cossington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Pauls Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A2050 β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lansdown Road β€”
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lansdown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petros Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petros Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Petros Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Caledon Terrace β€”
Apr 2026Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime A2050 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting A2050 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting A2050 Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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