Total Crime Rate
49.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Star Lane Link area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Thanet Villages , and the 165th lowest crime rate of 449 local areas in Thanet .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Star Lane Link (CT9 4FG) in the last 12 months was 49.0 per 1,000 residents and was 49.8% lower than the Thanet Villages average (97.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 75.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (β 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Star Lane Link (CT9 4FG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 253 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lynx Street (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Thanet Villages| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Star Lane Link | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Star Lane Link | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richborough Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Star Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbour Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manston Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manston Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynx Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynx Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Star Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lynx Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
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