Total Crime Rate

82.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.9 8/10
  • Other crime 15.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Clifftown Gardens area has the 17th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Greenhill , and the 181st highest crime rate of 477 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 Clifftown Gardens (CT6 8DE) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 31.5% higher than the Greenhill average (63.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 42.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clifftown Gardens (CT6 8DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sussex Close, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sunnyhill Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Clifftown Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sussex Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sussex Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westbrook Court Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freshwater Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Fitzgerald Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sunnyhill Road —
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Data Sources

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