Crime Statistics for Margate, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Margate, Margate

There were a total of 326 street level crime incidents in Margate in January 2024. 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime142
Anti Social Behaviour40
Criminal Damage Arson26
Other Theft23
Shoplifting22
Public Order19
Burglary16
Drugs11
Vehicle Crime9
Other Crime7
Robbery5
Theft From The Person2
Bicycle Theft2
Possession Of Weapons2
All Crime326

Map of street level crime incidents in January 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.

How grim is your Postcode?

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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Margate326
Bromstone (2.63 miles)253
Northwood (2.24 miles)239
Isle of Thanet (1.64 miles)172
St Peter’s (2.23 miles)165
Reading Street (1.96 miles)114
Garlinge (1.39 miles)79
Twenties (0.88 miles)70
Haine (2.48 miles)67
Manston (2.56 miles)15

19.41%
of Margate Central residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Margate142
Bromstone90
Northwood84
Isle of Thanet66
St Peter’s54
Garlinge39
Reading Street32
Twenties26
Haine26
Manston8

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.

#WardScore
1Margate Central96
2Cliftonville West95
3Dane Valley92
4Northwood92
5Garlinge80
6Westbrook72
7Salmestone68
8Cliftonville East65
9Thanet Villages64
10Beacon Road62
11St Peters57

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.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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