Total Crime Rate
1145.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
364.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queen Street area has the highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Central Harbour , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 449 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 Queen Street (CT11 9ER) in the last 12 months was 1145.1 per 1,000 residents and was 606.9% 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 106 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 18.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 93 (≈ 364.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queen Street (CT11 9ER), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 113 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ivy Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Paragon | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Addington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grundy'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rodney Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Monkton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Cliff Arcade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Cliff Arcade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grundy'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alpha Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grundy'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grundy'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cannon Road | — |
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