Total Crime Rate
80.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Canterbury Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Margate Central , and the 200th highest crime rate of 451 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 Canterbury Road (CT9 5AW) in the last 12 months was 80.7 per 1,000 residents and was 77.7% lower than the Margate Central average (362.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 48.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Canterbury Road (CT9 5AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Margate, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chapel Mews (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Margate Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shakespeare Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Margate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Margate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbrook Cottages | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatfeild Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | All Saints' Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Margate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Garfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shakespeare Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Garfield Road | Under investigation |
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