Crime Statistics for Potten Street, Thanet, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in in February 2024. The largest category was Violent Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Potten Street, 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	2
All Crime	2

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Potten Street. 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 Potten Street

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Reculver (2.23 miles)	9
Marshside (1.96 miles)	5
Under the Wood (1.96 miles)	5
St Nicholas-at-Wade (0.88 miles)	3
Gore Street (1.75 miles)	3
Hollow Street (2.63 miles)	3
Chislet (2.63 miles)	3
Chitty (2.63 miles)	3
Potten Street	2
Boyden Gate (2.23 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Potten Street?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Reculver	5
St Nicholas-at-Wade	2
Potten Street	2
Marshside	1
Under the Wood	1
Gore Street	1
Hollow Street	1
Chislet	1
Chitty	1
Boyden Gate	0

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

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 Potten Street 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 Potten Street compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Potten Street and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Potten Street is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Garlinge	80
2	Heron	72
3	Westbrook	72
4	Greenhill	67
5	Westgate-on-Sea	48
6	West Bay	47
7	Reculver	43
8	Birchington South	42
9	Beltinge	35
10	Herne & Broomfield	26
11	Birchington North	24

Which road in Potten Street has the highest level of crime?

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