Total Crime Rate

182.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 182.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.6 8/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Drugs 11.4 9/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 6th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newington , and the 80th highest crime rate of 451 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 Nixon Avenue (CT12 6BQ) in the last 12 months was 182.5 per 1,000 residents and was 22.2% higher 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 87.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nixon Avenue (CT12 6BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Piper Gardens, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nixon Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nixon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A254
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Winifred Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winifred Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nixon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Ashley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashley Close
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St James Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Whitehall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleman Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleman Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Piper Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bradley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hurst Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hurst Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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