Total Crime Rate

131.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.7 8/10
  • Other crime 20.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Burglary 10.3 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Fitzroy Avenue area has the 27th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cliftonville West , and the 117th 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 Fitzroy Avenue (CT9 2TX) in the last 12 months was 131.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.6% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fitzroy Avenue (CT9 2TX), the main crime hotspot is near Lyminge Way. Police recorded 113 crimes here, including 65 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fitzroy Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyminge Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Northdown Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbot Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Windsor Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Laureate Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Olave Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyminge Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyminge Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laleham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Riverhead Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Olave Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hengist Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hengist Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hengist Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laleham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lyminge Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverhead Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Selborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Selborne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Selborne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Selborne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Selborne Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Selborne Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kent Road

Data Sources

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