Total Crime Rate
680.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Effingham Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Central Harbour , and the 9th 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 Effingham Street (CT11 9AT) in the last 12 months was 680.8 per 1,000 residents and was 316.9% 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 95 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 109 (≈ 355.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 49.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Effingham Street (CT11 9AT), 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 | Abbot'S Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | George Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elms Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Coleman'S Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Chapel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chapel Place Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | George Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grundy'S Hill | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Grundy'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | West Cliff Arcade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Effingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Effingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Effingham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardres Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagle Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eagle Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
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