Total Crime Rate
226.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
136.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Margate Central , and the 56th highest crime rate of 449 local areas in Thanet .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (CT9 1WH) in the last 12 months was 226.2 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 136.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (CT9 1WH), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 168 crimes here, including 52 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 | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Lane | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Park Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queen Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Under investigation |
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