Total Crime Rate
26.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victoria Avenue area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cliftonville West , and the 81st lowest crime rate of 449 local areas in Thanet .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Avenue (CT9 2UD) in the last 12 months was 26.5 per 1,000 residents and was 82.7% lower than the Cliftonville West average (153.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Avenue (CT9 2UD), the main crime hotspot is near Lyminge Way. Police recorded 93 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dane Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyminge Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverhead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hengist Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hengist Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hengist Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Northdown Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunrise Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunrise Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northdown Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyminge Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Riverhead Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lyminge Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyminge Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyminge Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyminge Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyminge Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyminge Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyminge Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyminge Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Selborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fitzroy Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Selborne Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hengist Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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