Total Crime Rate
96.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cowdrey Place area has the 26th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 164th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Canterbury .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cowdrey Place (CT1 3PD) in the last 12 months was 96.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.5% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cowdrey Place (CT1 3PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Drive, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maryland Grove (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canterbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lawrence Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chaucer Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowdrey Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Drive | Under investigation |
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