Total Crime Rate
85.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Dunstans Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Blean Forest , and the 188th highest crime rate of 475 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 St Dunstans Street (CT2 8DA) in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 134.6% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Dunstans Street (CT2 8DA), 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.
View Crime In Canterbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Becket Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Becket Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Becket Mews | — |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | St Dunstan'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Dunstan'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Becket Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Peter'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Dunstan'S Street | 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 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Becket Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Mews | Under investigation |
| 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 | Bicycle theft | Roseacre Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Dunstan'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Beverley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mandeville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mandeville Road | — |
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