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 5RU) 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 5RU), the main crime hotspot is near Drapers Avenue. Police recorded 154 crimes here, including 112 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Salmestone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drapers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Churchfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Drapers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | 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 | Other crime | Cowper Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Homestead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Homestead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Homestead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchfields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oast Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alexandra Terrace | Under investigation |
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