Total Crime Rate

224.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

134.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 224.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 134.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 121.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.8 6/10
  • Drugs 12.8 9/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.6 9/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Queens 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.

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Crime Over Time in Queens Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eaton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs St John'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eaton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eaton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eaton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eaton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Eaton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Eaton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Eaton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime The Greenfinches Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St John'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St John'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Burglary Alexandra Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Lane Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cowper Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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