Total Crime Rate

244.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

76.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 244.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 76.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.4 9/10
  • Other theft 32.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 27.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.7 9/10
  • Drugs 16.3 9/10
  • Robbery 16.3 10/10
  • Other crime 10.9 10/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Church Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Central Harbour , and the 54th highest crime rate of 449 local areas in Thanet .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Road (CT11 8RF) in the last 12 months was 244.6 per 1,000 residents and was 51.0% higher than the Central Harbour average (162.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 76.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Road (CT11 8RF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 100 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.

Crime Over Time in Church Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/86)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Artillery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alma Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Belmont Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Other theft Brunswick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Brunswick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Denmark Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Anns Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Anns Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Dumpton Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Belmont Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Upper Dumpton Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Upper Dumpton Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Claremont Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences York Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson York Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson York Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour York Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Camden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour York Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour York Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Belmont Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belmont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour York Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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