Total Crime Rate
424.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elham Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Beacon Road , and the 26th 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 Elham Close (CT9 3RQ) in the last 12 months was 424.4 per 1,000 residents and was 453.5% 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 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 74 (≈ 237.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 120.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elham Close (CT9 3RQ), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Palmer Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laleham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverhead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Riverhead Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyminge Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adisham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adisham Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyminge Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hertford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyminge Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lyminge Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Denton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arlington Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Adisham Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hertford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Northdown Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hertford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laleham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kent Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlowe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Balcom Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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