Canterbury

157,432 people · median £330,000

Canterbury Council · Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition 26/39 seats · 67% · OCD 2026

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How safe is it? This district

Crime runs at 10.7 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes across the whole district

Per 1,000 / month10.7

Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months district

Violence and sexual offences

5,726

Anti-social behaviour

3,291

Shoplifting

2,474

Criminal damage and arson

1,503

Other theft

1,064

Vehicle crime

650

Recorded crimes by category across the whole district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Supermarket	740
Parking Area	279
Shopping Area	277
St Dunstan'S Street	161
Petrol Station	146

Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk

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