Blean Forest ward · Canterbury. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 6.9% here, compared with 16.2% across Canterbury (9.3 percentage points lower).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 65 or over: 14.7% here, compared with 21.8% across Canterbury (7.1 percentage points lower).
Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Homes rented from a council or housing association: 7% here, compared with 12% across Canterbury (5.7 percentage points lower).
The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Blean Forest ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
289 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 330 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Blean Forest ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 33 mapped crimes in September 2024; 27 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Blean Forest
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
33
2
October 2024
26
3
November 2024
32
2
December 2024
17
1
January 2025
27
1
February 2025
29
3
March 2025
25
2
April 2025
23
1
May 2025
41
6
June 2025
31
2
July 2025
24
2
August 2025
22
3
September 2025
12
0
October 2025
24
5
November 2025
37
2
December 2025
26
4
January 2026
18
1
February 2026
24
0
March 2026
26
2
April 2026
25
4
May 2026
29
11
June 2026
19
11
July 2026
22
8
August 2026
27
6
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Blean Forest
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
103
other theft
48
criminal damage arson
30
vehicle crime
22
shoplifting
19
bicycle theft
16
drugs
14
burglary
10
public order
9
other crime
8
possession of weapons
7
robbery
3
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
