Total Crime Rate
4.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Princess Margaret Avenue area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Cliftonville East , and the 4th lowest 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 Princess Margaret Avenue (CT9 3EQ) in the last 12 months was 4.2 per 1,000 residents and was 90.7% lower than the Cliftonville East average (44.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Princess Margaret Avenue (CT9 3EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harbledown Gardens, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lyngate Court (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cliftonville East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pluckley Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harbledown Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lyngate Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarence Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simon Avenue | Under investigation |
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