Total Crime Rate

84.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Wife Of Bath Hill area has the 24th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Blean Forest , and the 176th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Canterbury .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wife Of Bath Hill (CT2 8PG) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 139.9% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 48.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wife Of Bath Hill (CT2 8PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Reeves Close, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near City View (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wife Of Bath Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bakers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bakers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Priest Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priest Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manciple Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson City View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime City View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summer Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Franklyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merchants Way

Data Sources

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