Crime Rate in Northwood, ward

Northwood has the 2nd highest crime rate of 23 wards in Thanet district and the 388th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 48th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Northwood in the last 12 months was 179.9 per 1,000 residents and was 49.1% higher than the Thanet district average (120.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Northwood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 413 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 8 cases , up 14.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -31.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 478 (≈ 73.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Northwood ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 225 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Clements Road (50 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.