Crime Rate in Thanet Villages, ward

Thanet Villages has the 11th lowest crime rate of 23 wards in Thanet district and the 2043rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 253rd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Thanet Villages in the last 12 months was 93.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.9% lower than the Thanet district average (120.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Thanet Villages’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 371 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 113.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -30.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 419 (≈ 51.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Thanet Villages ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Bowman Walk. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 73 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.