Crime Rates at Vicarage Crescent, Margate, CT9 1LH

Vicarage Crescent area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Margate Central , and the 57th 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 Vicarage Crescent (CT9 1LH) in the last 12 months was 224.4 per 1,000 residents and was 42.4% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 134.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Crescent (CT9 1LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Place, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Churchfield Place (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.