Total Crime Rate

180.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 180.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 92.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 21.0 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mortimer Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Beltinge , and the 71st 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 Mortimer Street (CT6 5DS) in the last 12 months was 180.7 per 1,000 residents and was 251.5% higher than the Beltinge average (51.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mortimer Street (CT6 5DS), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Mortimer Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/47)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft East Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour East Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour East Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour East Street —
Apr 2026Public order Prospect Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bank Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mortimer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour North Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Fenoulhet Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson New Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour East Cliff Parade —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour East Cliff Parade —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mortimer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Canterbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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