Crime Rates at Princes Crescent, Margate, CT9 1LY

Princes Crescent 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 Princes Crescent (CT9 1LY) 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 Princes Crescent (CT9 1LY), 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.