Total Crime Rate

201.5 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 201.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 95.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Robbery 12.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Church Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Beacon Road , and the 68th highest crime rate of 451 local areas in Thanet .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Street (CT10 2TT) in the last 12 months was 201.5 per 1,000 residents and was 162.8% higher than the Beacon Road average (76.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 60.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 150.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (CT10 2TT), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order B2053 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Napier Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopeville Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Laurels Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Napier Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Warren Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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