Total Crime Rate
223.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Linden 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.
View Crime In Canterbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Mews | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitehall Bridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Bridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Dunstan'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Watling Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tannery Way South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westgate Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whitehall Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Westgate Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Peter'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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