Crime Rates at South Road, Herne Bay, CT6 5AS

South Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Beltinge , and the 126th highest crime rate of 477 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 South Road (CT6 5AS) in the last 12 months was 114.0 per 1,000 residents and was 127.6% higher than the Beltinge average (50.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Road (CT6 5AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near East Street, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beacon Walk (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.