Total Crime Rate

223.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

81.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 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
  • Violent crimes 81.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 74.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 17.0 6/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Robbery 6.8 8/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Linden Grove area has the 9th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blean Forest , and the 49th highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Canterbury .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Linden Grove (CT2 8AB) in the last 12 months was 223.7 per 1,000 residents and was 513.1% higher than the Blean Forest average (36.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 81.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Linden Grove (CT2 8AB), 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 St Peter'S Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Linden Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Dunstan'S Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Dunstan'S Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Becket Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Becket Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Becket Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Becket Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Becket Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Becket Mews
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Dunstan'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Dunstan'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Becket Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Dunstan'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Dunstan'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Whitehall Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitehall Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Dunstan'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Dunstan'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Dunstan'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Becket Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery St Dunstan'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Watling Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Station Road West
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tannery Way South
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westgate Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitehall Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitehall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Whitehall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Westgate Hall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Peter'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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