Total Crime Rate
272.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
136.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spratling Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Thanet Villages , and the 41st 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 Spratling Street (CT12 5AL) in the last 12 months was 272.0 per 1,000 residents and was 178.3% higher than the Thanet Villages average (97.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 136.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spratling Street (CT12 5AL), the main crime hotspot is near Spratling Lane. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Thanet Villages| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rockstone Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunedin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spratling Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spratling Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quetta Road | Under investigation |
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