Total Crime Rate
100.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sewell Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Birchington South , and the 162nd 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 Sewell Close (CT7 0BP) in the last 12 months was 100.3 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% higher than the Birchington South average (72.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 77.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sewell Close (CT7 0BP), the main crime hotspot is near The Square. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birchington South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Powell Cotton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Powell Cotton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Powell Cotton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laming Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stringer Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brunswick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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