Total Crime Rate
218.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
109.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sion Hill area has the 13th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Central Harbour , and the 64th 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 Sion Hill (CT11 9JA) in the last 12 months was 218.7 per 1,000 residents and was 35.0% higher than the Central Harbour average (162.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 109.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sion Hill (CT11 9JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 123 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliff Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cavendish Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Townley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Townley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Liverpool Lawn | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ivy Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prospect Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleman'S Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Addington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
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