Total Crime Rate
165.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victoria Park area has the 13th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Beltinge , and the 84th 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 Victoria Park (CT6 5BH) in the last 12 months was 165.1 per 1,000 residents and was 221.1% higher than the Beltinge average (51.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -43.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 64.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Park (CT6 5BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near East Street, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bank Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Heron| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prospect Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beacon Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | East Cliff Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Cliff Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Cliff Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Cliff Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | South Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | East Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Street | — |
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