Crime Rates at Lower Lees Road, Old Wives Lees, Canterbury, CT4 8AU

Lower Lees Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bircholt , and the 53rd lowest crime rate of 394 local areas in Ashford .

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 Lower Lees Road (CT4 8AU) in the last 12 months was 20.2 per 1,000 residents and was 20.9% lower than the Bircholt average (25.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Lees Road (CT4 8AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bowerland Lane, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Green Lane (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.