Total Crime Rate
254.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Charlotte Place area has the 6th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Margate Central , and the 48th highest crime rate of 449 local areas in Thanet .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Charlotte Place (CT9 1LP) in the last 12 months was 254.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 86.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charlotte Place (CT9 1LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 137 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Lane (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Margate Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cecil Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cecil Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B2055 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Setterfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Setterfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Connaught Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B2055 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchfields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Churchfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hawley Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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