Total Crime Rate
254.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxford Street 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 Oxford Street (CT9 1TD) 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 Oxford Street (CT9 1TD), the main crime hotspot is near Drapers Avenue. Police recorded 154 crimes here, including 112 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Margate Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Churchfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchfields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Connaught Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Homestead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Homestead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Homestead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oast Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Churchfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hawley Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cowper Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cowper Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Awaiting court outcome |
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