Total Crime Rate
892.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Glebe Way area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Gorrell , and the 8th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Canterbury .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Glebe Way (CT5 4LW) in the last 12 months was 892.0 per 1,000 residents and was 593.1% higher than the Gorrell average (128.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 263 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 1095.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glebe Way (CT5 4LW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 505 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gorrell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Suffolk Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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