Total Crime Rate
195.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sea Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Beltinge , and the 55th 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 Sea Street (CT6 8QA) in the last 12 months was 195.9 per 1,000 residents and was 291.2% higher than the Beltinge average (50.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 128.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sea Street (CT6 8QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near York Road, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Selsea Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Beltinge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Selsea Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cobblers Bridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornminster Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Minster Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lane End | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Street | Under investigation |
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