Crime Rates at Buckingham Road, Margate, CT9 5SR

Buckingham Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Margate Central , and the 188th 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 Buckingham Road (CT9 5SR) in the last 12 months was 86.1 per 1,000 residents and was 76.2% lower than the Margate Central average (362.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -43.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buckingham Road (CT9 5SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eaton Road, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Place (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.