Total Crime Rate
67.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Peters Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Margate Central , and the 221st lowest crime rate of 449 local areas in Thanet .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Peters Road (CT9 1TH) in the last 12 months was 67.1 per 1,000 residents and was 82.8% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Peters Road (CT9 1TH), 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 | Cowper Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drapers Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cowper Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchfields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Churchfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drapers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drapers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drapers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drapers Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drapers Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drapers Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Drapers Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Drapers Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drapers Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drapers Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cowper Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Road | 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 |
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