Total Crime Rate
286.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
146.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bath Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cliftonville West , and the 39th 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 Bath Road (CT9 1SL) in the last 12 months was 286.0 per 1,000 residents and was 86.8% higher than the Cliftonville West average (153.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 146.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bath Road (CT9 1SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Athelstan Road (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cliftonville West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethelbert Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athelstan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dalby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dalby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athelstan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athelstan Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Athelstan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Gasoline Alley | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Athelstan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Athelstan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Athelstan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightingale Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Upper Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightingale Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fort Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalby Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Walpole Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bath Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carroway'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Caroline Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anchor Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anchor Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalby Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalby Square | Under investigation |
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