Total Crime Rate
213.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Orient Place area has the 9th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Blean Forest , and the 48th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Canterbury .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Orient Place (CT2 8AW) in the last 12 months was 213.1 per 1,000 residents and was 506.2% higher than the Blean Forest average (35.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (β 84.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 140.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orient Place (CT2 8AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Dunstan'S Street, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Peter'S Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blean Forest| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Westgate Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Fields | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Dunstan'S Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Dunstan'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Becket Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanover Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mandeville Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mandeville Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mandeville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westgate Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westgate Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Westgate Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Westgate Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Westgate Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Station Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road West | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Westgate Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pound Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | All Saints Lane | β |
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