Total Crime Rate
40.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cobblers Bridge Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Greenhill , and the 172nd lowest crime rate of 475 local areas in Canterbury .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cobblers Bridge Road (CT6 8NT) in the last 12 months was 40.7 per 1,000 residents and was 43.3% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 28.6% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cobblers Bridge Road (CT6 8NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Selsea Avenue (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Bay| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selsea Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cliff Sea Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | B2205 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B2205 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St George'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selsea Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | B2205 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenhill Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woollets Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenhill Bridge Road | — |
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