Total Crime Rate

105.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Summer Hill area has the 18th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Blean Forest , and the 135th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Canterbury .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Summer Hill (CT2 8NN) in the last 12 months was 105.6 per 1,000 residents and was 200.5% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 82.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 78.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Summer Hill (CT2 8NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harbledown Park, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Lane (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Summer Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Priest Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priest Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summer Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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