Total Crime Rate

90.3 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 90.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lancaster Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 163rd 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 Lancaster Road (CT1 3QE) in the last 12 months was 90.3 per 1,000 residents and was 30.0% lower than the Wincheap average (128.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lancaster Road (CT1 3QE), 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 Lancaster Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bristol Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martyrs' Field Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bristol Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tudor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tudor Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holme Oak Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Martyrs' Field Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holme Oak Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bristol Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Canterbury East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lancaster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Martyr'S Field Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury East Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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