Total Crime Rate
69.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thanington Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Wincheap , and the 216th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Canterbury .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thanington Road (CT1 3XE) in the last 12 months was 69.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.5% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thanington Road (CT1 3XE), the main crime hotspot is near Thanington Road. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Canterbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thanington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stranger'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingoldsby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thanington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cockering Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cockering Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stranger'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thanington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stranger'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thanington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thanington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Windsor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grays Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thanington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thanington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thanington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thanington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Godwin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Godwin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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