Total Crime Rate

223.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 223.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.5 10/10
  • Other theft 22.9 10/10
  • Public order 15.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Cockering Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 47th 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 Cockering Road (CT1 3UX) in the last 12 months was 223.7 per 1,000 residents and was 73.6% higher 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 186.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -41.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 99.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 160.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 121.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cockering Road (CT1 3UX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stranger'S Lane, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Godwin Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cockering Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ledger Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cockering Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stranger'S Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stranger'S Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Manor Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ledger Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ledger Way —
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Data Sources

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