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Overview of Thanet crime rate

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Crime level – high.

Ranking 1st among 25 neighboring boroughs for its crime rates, Thanet witnessed 18,242 criminal incidents in 2023. With a population of 140,587, this translates to a crime rate of 129.76 incidents per 1,000 inhabitants, indicating a 7.37% reduction from the previous year.

Predominant crime categories in Thanet include Violence and sexual offences (42.8%), Anti-social behaviour (14.0%), Criminal damage and arson (9.1%), while the least prevalent were Possession of weapons (0.8%), Theft from the person (0.6%), Robbery (0.6%).

Thanet is divided into 23 wards, with Margate Central (370.6), Central Harbour (192.0), Eastcliff (Thanet) (191.6) reporting the highest crime rates. Conversely, the safest wards include Cliffsend and Pegwell (57.8), Kingsgate (39.2), Birchington North (28.1) .

In terms of Postcode districts overlapping with Thanet, CT9 (168.5), CT11 (141.9), CT12 (131.7) have the highest crime rates. The safest districts are CT13 (86.0), CT8 (76.8), CT7 (60.2) .

In Thanet, there has been a dynamic change in crime rates over the past few years. The area experienced an increase in Anti-social behaviour by 9.24% in 2020, Shoplifting by 2.83% in 2022, and Violence and sexual offences by 3.78% in 2021. However, there was a notable decrease in Anti-social behaviour by -8.22% in 2021 and -9.75% in 2022, Burglary by -2.05% in 2020, Criminal damage and arson by -2.48% in 2020 and -2.31% in 2023, Other theft by -2.67% in 2020, Public order offences by -2.02% in 2020, -2.17% in 2022, and -2% in 2023, Vehicle crime by -3.18% in 2020 and -2.29% in 2021, and Violence and sexual offences by -3.01% in 2020, -3.43% in 2022, and -5.57% in 2023.

Thanet crime incidents by crime type

A total of 18242 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 7806 (42.8)%
Anti-social behaviour – 2546 (14.0)%
Criminal damage and arson – 1651 (9.1)%
Shoplifting – 1313 (7.2)%
Other theft – 1151 (6.3)%
Public order – 1026 (5.6)%
Vehicle crime – 653 (3.6)%
Drugs – 600 (3.3)%
Burglary – 486 (2.7)%
Other crime – 465 (2.5)%
Bicycle theft – 174 (1.0)%
Possession of weapons – 150 (0.8)%
Theft from the person – 114 (0.6)%
Robbery – 107 (0.6)%

How does Thanet compare against nearby areas ?

Thanet ranks 1st when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

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Crime rates in Thanet wards

There are 23 wards within Thanet. Margate Central, Central Harbour, Eastcliff (Thanet) has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 23 wards from high crime rate to low.