Total Crime Rate
217.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brights Place area has the 15th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Central Harbour , and the 64th 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 Brights Place (CT11 8PW) in the last 12 months was 217.4 per 1,000 residents and was 33.1% higher than the Central Harbour average (163.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 138.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brights Place (CT11 8PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pike Lane (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central Harbour| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arklow Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellevue Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellevue Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alma Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alma Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Newcastle Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newcastle Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcastle Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | La Belle Alliance Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcastle Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Camden Square | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Camden Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Church Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcastle Hill | Under investigation |
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