Total Crime Rate
370.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
168.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buenos Ayres area has the 4th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Margate Central , and the 30th highest crime rate of 449 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 Buenos Ayres (CT9 5AE) in the last 12 months was 370.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 168.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buenos Ayres (CT9 5AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hall By The Sea Road, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Westbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall By The Sea Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marine Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Garfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buenos Ayres | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buenos Ayres | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Troughton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marine Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Margate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Margate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Margate | — |
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