Total Crime Rate
449.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
139.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Hill area has the 5th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Central Harbour , and the 18th 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 Church Hill (CT11 8RA) in the last 12 months was 449.2 per 1,000 residents and was 177.3% 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 139.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Hill (CT11 8RA), 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 | Other crime | Camden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Paradise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleman'S Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Dumpton Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paradise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Cliff Arcade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Cliff Arcade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbour Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grundy'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grundy'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grundy'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grundy'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grundy'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shah Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shah Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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