Crime Statistics for Margate, Kent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Margate in September 2024. There were a total of 754 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 Margate, 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	310
Anti Social Behaviour	144
Public Order	66
Criminal Damage Arson	66
Other Theft	48
Vehicle Crime	26
Shoplifting	26
Drugs	18
Other Crime	18
Burglary	14
Possession Of Weapons	12
Robbery	4
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	754

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 Margate. 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 Margate

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Margate	696
Northwood (2.24 miles)	302
Bromstone (2.63 miles)	248
Isle of Thanet (1.64 miles)	209
St Peter’s (2.23 miles)	179
Reading Street (1.96 miles)	138
Garlinge (1.39 miles)	86
Twenties (0.88 miles)	63
Haine (2.48 miles)	45
Manston (2.56 miles)	7

Where are the most violent places near Margate?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Margate	310
Northwood	109
Bromstone	102
St Peter’s	67
Isle of Thanet	66
Reading Street	63
Twenties	50
Garlinge	49
Haine	18
Manston	4

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

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 Margate 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 Margate compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Margate and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Margate have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is St Peters.

#	Ward	Score
1	Margate Central	96
2	Cliftonville West	95
3	Dane Valley	92
4	Northwood	92
5	Garlinge	80
6	Westbrook	72
7	Salmestone	68
8	Cliftonville East	65
9	Thanet Villages	64
10	Beacon Road	62
11	St Peters	57

Which road in Margate has the highest level of crime?

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