Total Crime Rate
203.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hurst Grove area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newington , and the 69th 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 Hurst Grove (CT12 6DB) in the last 12 months was 203.1 per 1,000 residents and was 33.2% higher than the Newington average (152.5 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 106.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hurst Grove (CT12 6DB), the main crime hotspot is near Piper Gardens. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Viaduct Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleman Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Elizabeth Kemp Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Viaduct Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woodville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piper Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nixon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Piper Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nixon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Viaduct Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nixon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Station Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ramsgate | — |
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