Total Crime Rate

193.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 193.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 43.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.6 8/10
  • Other theft 15.4 9/10
  • Drugs 12.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.2 8/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Westwood Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Northwood , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 451 local areas in Thanet .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Westwood Road (CT10 2NR) in the last 12 months was 193.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% higher than the Northwood average (179.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 58.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westwood Road (CT10 2NR), the main crime hotspot is near Hope Way. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Westwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Millennium Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hope Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Millennium Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Millennium Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Millennium Way —
Sep 2025Other crime Millennium Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hope Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millennium Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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