Total Crime Rate

88.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.7 6/10
  • Other theft 17.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.1 8/10
  • Other crime 14.1 10/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bishops Way area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Blean Forest , and the 167th highest crime rate of 477 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 Bishops Way (CT2 8DX) in the last 12 months was 88.3 per 1,000 residents and was 151.3% higher than the Blean Forest average (35.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 28.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bishops Way (CT2 8DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Becket Avenue, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prioress Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bishops Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prioress Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harcourt Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summer Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Westgate Court Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fisher Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Becket Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Becket Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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