Total Crime Rate
84.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Springfield Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Cliftonville East , and the 194th highest crime rate of 451 local areas in Thanet .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Springfield Road (CT9 3ED) in the last 12 months was 84.4 per 1,000 residents and was 67.6% higher than the Cliftonville East average (50.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Springfield Road (CT9 3ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Northdown Court, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Staplehurst Gardens (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cliftonville East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Northdown Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Monkton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harbledown Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbledown Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Luckhurst Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wye Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Northdown Court | Under investigation |
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