Total Crime Rate
224.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Margate Central , and the 57th 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 Queens Avenue (CT9 5SB) in the last 12 months was 224.4 per 1,000 residents and was 42.4% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 134.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Avenue (CT9 5SB), the main crime hotspot is near Mill Lane. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Margate Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eaton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eaton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eaton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Greenfinches | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Bicycle theft | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alexandra Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cowper Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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