Total Crime Rate

120.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

66.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 66.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.6 7/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Salts Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Gorrell , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 475 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 Salts Close (CT5 1EX) in the last 12 months was 120.3 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% lower than the Gorrell average (133.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 66.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Salts Close (CT5 1EX), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 505 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Salts Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Island Wall Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Terrys Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Red Lion Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oxford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clifton Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oxford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knots Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Knots Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Knots Yard —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Knots Yard —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Knots Yard —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Robbery Terrys Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marine Gap —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marine Terrace —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Marine Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson West Cliff Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Suffolk Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Cliff Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Gladstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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