Total Crime Rate

923.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 923.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 267.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 203.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 182.7 10/10
  • Public order 63.5 10/10
  • Drugs 44.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.3 10/10
  • Other theft 42.3 10/10
  • Other crime 17.3 10/10
  • Burglary 15.4 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.4 10/10
  • Robbery 9.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Marine Gardens area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Margate Central , and the 4th highest crime rate of 451 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 Marine Gardens (CT9 1UH) in the last 12 months was 923.1 per 1,000 residents and was 154.9% higher than the Margate Central average (362.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 139 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 185 (≈ 355.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Marine Gardens (CT9 1UH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 145 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Belgrave Road (73 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Marine Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fort Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broad Street
Sep 2025Other theft Cobbs Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eaton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Mansion Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Queen Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Public order Marine Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Rendezvous Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawley Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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