Postcode · Canterbury
Crime in CT2 0LS
How much crime is recorded in CT2 0LS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sturry and Fordwich
- Council
- Canterbury
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,566 (2024)
CT2 0LSCanterbury
How safe is CT2 0LS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 17.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CT2 0LS area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
27
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
CT2 0LSNational
Violence and sexual offences15.823.6
Other theft3.44.5
Criminal damage and arson2.74.7
Anti-social behaviour2.610.7
Burglary1.49.1
Public order1.14.6
Vehicle crime0.53.5
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Other crime0.11.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 36% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.