Total Crime Rate
287.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Millmead Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Beacon Road , and the 38th 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 Millmead Road (CT9 3QN) in the last 12 months was 287.0 per 1,000 residents and was 274.3% higher than the Beacon Road average (76.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 170.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Millmead Road (CT9 3QN), 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.
View Crime In Beacon Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hertford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyminge Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laleham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adisham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverhead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Balcom Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kent Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Riverhead Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Denton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Selborne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hertford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lyminge Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyminge Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlowe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laleham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Adisham Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adisham Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyminge Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arlington Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Selborne Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hertford Road | Under investigation |
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