Total Crime Rate
127.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Forty Acres 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 Forty Acres Road (CT2 7HL) 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 Forty Acres Road (CT2 7HL), 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 Redwood Close (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canterbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Dunstan'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Becket Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Becket Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Becket Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Becket Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Becket Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Dunstan'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Dunstan'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Dunstan'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Dunstan'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Dunstan'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Dunstan'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beverley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beverley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mandeville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mandeville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Tree Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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