Total Crime Rate

234.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 234.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.5 10/10
  • Other theft 32.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 21.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.2 8/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Cliffsend and Pegwell , and the 55th 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 High Street (CT11 0QW) in the last 12 months was 234.7 per 1,000 residents and was 163.5% higher than the Cliffsend and Pegwell average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 83.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CT11 0QW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ellington Place (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Cliffsend and Pegwell

Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime King Edward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Southwood Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ellington Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashburnham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Telham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Price'S Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southwood Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seafield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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