Crime Rates at Roper Road, Canterbury, CT2 7EQ

Roper Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blean Forest , and the 114th 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 7EQ) in the last 12 months was 127.7 per 1,000 residents and was 249.8% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roper Road (CT2 7EQ), 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.