Total Crime Rate
459.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Hill area has the 6th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Central Harbour , and the 22nd 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 Church Hill (CT11 8RA) in the last 12 months was 459.4 per 1,000 residents and was 181.4% 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 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -81.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 170.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.5% 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 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harbour Street (43 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Adelaide Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grundy'S Hill | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Grundy'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Archway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Archway Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paradise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | 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 | Camden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.