Total Crime Rate

237.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 237.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.8 10/10
  • Drugs 28.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.9 8/10
  • Burglary 18.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.8 10/10
  • Other crime 9.4 9/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Hurst Grove area has the 4th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newington , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 451 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 237.5 per 1,000 residents and was 59.0% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 106.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hurst Grove (CT12 6DB), 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 Hurst Grove area

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

Data Sources

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