Total Crime Rate
144.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vale Square area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Central Harbour , and the 103rd 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 Vale Square (CT11 9DE) in the last 12 months was 144.4 per 1,000 residents and was 10.8% lower 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 77.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vale Square (CT11 9DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grange Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Townley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B2054 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rodney Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duncan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ivy Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eldon Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eldon Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Cliff Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Townley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannonbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cannonbury Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Cliff Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Richmond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alpha Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watchester Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale Mews | Under investigation |
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