Crime Rates at High Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5LE

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Beltinge , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 475 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 High Street (CT6 5LE) in the last 12 months was 1859.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3517.8% 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 187 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 88 (≈ 374.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CT6 5LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 238 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.