Total Crime Rate
503.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
181.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Charlotte Square area has the 4th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cliftonville West , and the 13th 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 Charlotte Square (CT9 1LR) in the last 12 months was 503.1 per 1,000 residents and was 228.6% higher than the Cliftonville West average (153.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 181.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charlotte Square (CT9 1LR), 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 | Cecil Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchfield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cowper Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cowper Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alexandra Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grosvenor Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Churchfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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