Total Crime Rate

23.4 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 23.4 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nixon Avenue area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newington , and the 68th lowest crime rate of 451 local areas in Thanet .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nixon Avenue (CT12 6BL) in the last 12 months was 23.4 per 1,000 residents and was 84.3% lower than the Newington average (149.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nixon Avenue (CT12 6BL), the main crime hotspot is near Clements Road. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nixon Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Princes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleman Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleman Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Piper Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stephens Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stephens Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A254
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bradley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elizabeth Kemp Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elizabeth Kemp Court
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Cuttings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Station Mews Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Station Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Clements Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clements Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clements Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clements Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clements Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Whitehall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stephens Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nixon Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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