Total Crime Rate
221.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
112.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Unity Place area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Eastcliff , and the 60th highest crime rate of 449 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 Unity Place (CT11 8PR) in the last 12 months was 221.4 per 1,000 residents and was 31.3% higher than the Eastcliff average (168.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 112.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Unity Place (CT11 8PR), the main crime hotspot is near Belmont Street. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Penshurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Augusta Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Georges Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Georges Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Belmont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Belmont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Augusta Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pike Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Augusta Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Alma Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | D'Este Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | D'Este Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alma Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Truro Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Truro Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Honeysuckle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcastle Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Belmont Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Belmont Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newcastle Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elizabeth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dane Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dane Park Road | Under investigation |
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