Total Crime Rate
109.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Albert Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Gorrell , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Canterbury .
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 Albert Street (CT5 1HT) in the last 12 months was 109.8 per 1,000 residents and was 17.6% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 16.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albert Street (CT5 1HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Horsebridge Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gorrell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | King Edward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harbour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wheatley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gladstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harbour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sea Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westgate Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Acton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sea Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Terrys Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knots Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sea Wall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knots Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barton Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knots Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Knots Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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