Total Crime Rate
23.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Windsor Gardens area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Greenhill , and the 82nd lowest 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 Windsor Gardens (CT6 8FE) in the last 12 months was 23.3 per 1,000 residents and was 67.6% lower than the Greenhill average (71.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Windsor Gardens (CT6 8FE), the main crime hotspot is near Sussex Close. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West Bay| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hampton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Harry Wells Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sussex Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bentley Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackburn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Freshwater Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackburn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Cliff Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Cliff Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Cliff Gardens | Local resolution |
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