Total Crime Rate

93.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 93.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.7 8/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Canterbury Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Chalkwell , and the 154th highest crime rate of 454 local areas in Swale .

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 Canterbury Road (ME10 4SG) in the last 12 months was 93.2 per 1,000 residents and was 76.7% lower than the Chalkwell average (400.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 46.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Canterbury Road (ME10 4SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Murston Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Canterbury Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Caldew Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Terrace Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harold Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harold Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Harold Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Commonwealth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Watling Place
Sep 2025Drugs Murston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Goodnestone Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Orchard Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Murston Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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