Total Crime Rate

176.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 176.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 118.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.3 6/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Sea Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Greenhill , and the 66th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Canterbury .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sea Street (CT6 8QZ) in the last 12 months was 176.2 per 1,000 residents and was 179.8% higher than the Greenhill average (63.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 16.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sea Street (CT6 8QZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sea Street (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sea Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Greenhill Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhill Bridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Greenfinch Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Greenfinch Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Cobblers Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenhill Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grafton Rise —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thanet Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grafton Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sea Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Greenhill Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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