Crime Rates at Brooke Avenue, Margate, CT9 5NQ

Brooke Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Garlinge , and the 167th 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 Brooke Avenue (CT9 5NQ) in the last 12 months was 97.2 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% lower than the Garlinge average (100.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 89.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brooke Avenue (CT9 5NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Welsdene Road, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Craven Close (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.