Total Crime Rate
80.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ramsgate Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Margate Central , and the 197th highest 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 Ramsgate Road (CT9 4BL) in the last 12 months was 80.6 per 1,000 residents and was 79.3% lower than the Margate Central average (389.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 47.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ramsgate Road (CT9 4BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Greenfinches, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Connaught Gardens (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Salmestone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oast Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ulster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustines Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustines Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Connaught Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Augustines Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Augustines Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Greenfinches | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gladstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gladstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salmestone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Salmestone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Setterfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Setterfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Empire Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Connaught Road | — |
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