Total Crime Rate
112.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pacific Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Chestfield , and the 131st highest crime rate of 475 local areas in Canterbury .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pacific Close (CT5 3FJ) in the last 12 months was 112.2 per 1,000 residents and was 82.0% higher than the Chestfield average (61.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 66.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pacific Close (CT5 3FJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clifford Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chestfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pacific Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olympia Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pacific Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pacific Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Pacific Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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