Crime Rate in Bradstowe, ward

Bradstowe has the 9th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Thanet district and the 1260th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 144th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bradstowe in the last 12 months was 115.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.5% lower than the Thanet district average (120.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bradstowe’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 128 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 156 (≈ 39.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bradstowe ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 89 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Union Square (25 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.