Crime Rate in St Peters, ward

St Peters has the 11th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Thanet district and the 1944th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 234th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Peters in the last 12 months was 95.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.9% lower than the Thanet district average (120.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Peters’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 218 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 252 (≈ 35.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Peters ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Wealdhurst Park, with 78 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Ash Close (20 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.