Total Crime Rate
309.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
157.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pier Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Beltinge , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 475 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 Pier Avenue (CT6 8TR) in the last 12 months was 309.2 per 1,000 residents and was 501.5% higher than the Beltinge average (51.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 157.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pier Avenue (CT6 8TR), the main crime hotspot is near Clarence Street. Police recorded 113 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Heron| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dolphin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunswick Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clarence Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunswick Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dolphin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dolphin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dolphin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dolphin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pier Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarence Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dolphin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Linden Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Road | — |
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