Total Crime Rate
97.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cliftonville Avenue area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cliftonville West , and the 165th 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 Cliftonville Avenue (CT9 2AQ) in the last 12 months was 97.3 per 1,000 residents and was 36.5% lower than the Cliftonville West average (153.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cliftonville Avenue (CT9 2AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Paul'S Road (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cliftonville West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harold Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Paul'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Paul'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mildred'S Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Approach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northdown Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Godwin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Godwin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Godwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Godwin Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Godwin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sweyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sweyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliftonville Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harold Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightingale Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightingale Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightingale Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cliftonville Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edgar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edgar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edgar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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