Total Crime Rate
460.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
253.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eaton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Margate Central , and the 16th highest crime rate of 449 local areas in Thanet .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eaton Road (CT9 1XB) in the last 12 months was 460.9 per 1,000 residents and was 18.3% higher 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 100 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 120 (≈ 253.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eaton Road (CT9 1XB), 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 | Grosvenor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gladstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Gladstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Belgrave Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eaton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sanger Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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