Crime Rate in Beacon Road, ward

Beacon Road has the 9th lowest crime rate of 23 wards in Thanet district and the 2930th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 397th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Beacon Road in the last 12 months was 76.7 per 1,000 residents and was 36.4% lower than the Thanet district average (120.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Beacon Road’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 168 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 51.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 180 (≈ 38.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Beacon Road ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Linley Road, with 45 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Prince Charles Road (24 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.