Total Crime Rate

120.5 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 120.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.6 8/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 5.1 4/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Harold Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cliftonville West , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 451 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 Harold Road (CT9 2HS) in the last 12 months was 120.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.6% lower than the Cliftonville West average (176.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (β‰ˆ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harold Road (CT9 2HS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Harold Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Nautical Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Road β€”
Sep 2025Other crime Godwin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Godwin Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Northdown Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lyndhurst Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sweyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Norfolk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harold Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Second Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nautical Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Second Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Godwin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Second Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Albion Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albion Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson First Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harold Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbot Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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