Total Crime Rate

126.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 126.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Lime Kiln Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 110th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Canterbury .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lime Kiln Road (CT1 3PS) in the last 12 months was 126.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.8% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 75.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lime Kiln Road (CT1 3PS), the main crime hotspot is near Station Road East. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 56 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lime Kiln Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tudor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lancaster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holme Oak Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holme Oak Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tudor Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Martyr'S Field Road
Sep 2025Other theft Canterbury East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bristol Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martyrs' Field Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bristol Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bristol Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Martyrs' Field Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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