Total Crime Rate
103.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gosfield Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Beltinge , and the 146th 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 Gosfield Road (CT6 5SD) in the last 12 months was 103.6 per 1,000 residents and was 101.5% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 71.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gosfield Road (CT6 5SD), the main crime hotspot is near Bank Street. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Heron| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrews Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | South Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | South Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fenoulhet Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queens Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spenser Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Canterbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Road | Under investigation |
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