Crime Rates at High Street, Margate, CT9 1LA

High Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Margate Central , and the 98th highest crime rate of 449 local areas in Thanet .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (CT9 1LA) in the last 12 months was 148.0 per 1,000 residents and was 62.0% lower than the Margate Central average (389.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -8.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 64.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CT9 1LA), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 168 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.