— ACRERIGHT AREA REPORT · POSTCODE SECTOR
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4,942 people · median £282,000 · Canterbury
More affordable than most
Canterbury Council · Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition 26/39 seats · 67% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This postcode sector
Crime runs at 40.1 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 within this postcode sector
Per 1,000 / month40.1
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months this postcode sector
Recorded crimes by category within this postcode sector, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
| On or near | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Shopping Area | 167 |
| Bus/Coach Station | 107 |
| Butchery Lane | 99 |
| Burgate Lane | 82 |
| Best Lane | 65 |
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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