Postcode · Canterbury
Crime in CT3 2EE
How much crime is recorded in CT3 2EE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Ash & Wingham
- Council
- Dover
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,258 (2024)
CT3 2EECanterbury
How safe is CT3 2EE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 18.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CT3 2EE 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
18.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
30
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).
CT3 2EENational
Violence and sexual offences15.823.6
Burglary4.99.1
Anti-social behaviour4.410.7
Criminal damage and arson2.34.7
Drugs1.42.4
Other crime1.41.5
Other theft1.34.5
Public order1.04.6
Vehicle crime0.63.5
Robbery0.31.4
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Shoplifting0.18.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 7% 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.