Crime Statistics for Isle of Thanet, Thanet, Kent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Isle of Thanet in September 2024. There were a total of 209 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Isle of Thanet, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	66
Anti Social Behaviour	30
Shoplifting	30
Burglary	18
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Other Theft	14
Other Crime	11
Public Order	8
Bicycle Theft	5
Vehicle Crime	4
Theft From The Person	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	209

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Isle of Thanet. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Isle of Thanet

We've taken the ten nearest places to Isle of Thanet and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Isle of Thanet has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Dumpton (1.54 miles)	378
Northwood (0.67 miles)	302
Bromstone (1.23 miles)	248
St Lawrence (1.62 miles)	226
Isle of Thanet	209
St Peter’s (1.2 miles)	179
Reading Street (1.46 miles)	138
Twenties (1.56 miles)	63
Haine (1.2 miles)	45
Manston (1.64 miles)	7

Where are the most violent places near Isle of Thanet?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Isle of Thanet and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Dumpton	185
Northwood	109
Bromstone	102
St Lawrence	96
St Peter’s	67
Isle of Thanet	66
Reading Street	63
Twenties	50
Haine	18
Manston	4

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Isle of Thanet?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Isle of Thanet to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Isle of Thanet compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Isle of Thanet and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Isle of Thanet is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Central Harbour	94
2	Dane Valley	92
3	Northwood	92
4	Eastcliff	91
5	Newington	88
6	Salmestone	68
7	Thanet Villages	64
8	Beacon Road	62
9	St Peters	57
10	Nethercourt	51
11	Bradstowe	39

Which road in Isle of Thanet has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Isle of Thanet with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.