Crime Rates at Roper Road, Canterbury, CT2 7EH

Roper Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blean Forest , and the 106th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Canterbury .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Roper Road (CT2 7EH) in the last 12 months was 135.1 per 1,000 residents and was 270.1% higher than the Blean Forest average (36.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 54.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roper Road (CT2 7EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Dunstan'S Street, where police recorded 122 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Becket Mews (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.