Total Crime Rate
23.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026West Cliff Avenue area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bradstowe , and the 64th lowest crime rate of 449 local areas in Thanet .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around West Cliff Avenue (CT10 1QA) in the last 12 months was 23.6 per 1,000 residents and was 78.5% lower than the Bradstowe average (109.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 14.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around West Cliff Avenue (CT10 1QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thanet Road, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charlotte Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Viking| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Charlotte Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | John Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queens Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thanet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thanet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thanet Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thanet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thanet Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stephen Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oscar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dundonald Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leybourn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrotham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wrotham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wrotham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wrotham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wrotham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belvedere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belvedere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belvedere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belvedere Road | — |
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