Total Crime Rate
510.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
251.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Camden Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Central Harbour , and the 12th highest crime rate of 449 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 Camden Road (CT11 8HW) in the last 12 months was 510.8 per 1,000 residents and was 215.3% higher than the Central Harbour average (162.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 251.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Camden Road (CT11 8HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 123 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Belmont Street (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belmont Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albion Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Belmont Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellevue Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Camden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newcastle Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newcastle Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcastle Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plains Of Waterloo | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Belmont Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brunswick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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