Total Crime Rate
61.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ramsgate Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Margate Central , and the 200th 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 Ramsgate Road (CT9 5RT) in the last 12 months was 61.4 per 1,000 residents and was 84.2% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 128.6% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 46.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 128.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ramsgate Road (CT9 5RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Place, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Churchfields (23 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 | Churchfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Alma Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Greenfinches | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Augustines Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Augustines Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustines Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustines Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchfields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Salmestone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Churchfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cowper Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cowper Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ulster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Setterfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Setterfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Salmestone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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