Crime Statistics for Twenties, Thanet, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 76 street level crime incidents in Twenties in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Twenties, 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	47
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Vehicle Crime	3
Shoplifting	3
Other Theft	3
Burglary	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	76

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 Twenties. 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 Twenties

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Margate (0.88 miles)	327
Northwood (2.24 miles)	263
Isle of Thanet (1.56 miles)	190
St Peter’s (2.55 miles)	180
Reading Street (2.48 miles)	149
Garlinge (0.62 miles)	97
Twenties	76
Haine (1.96 miles)	73
Birchington (2.48 miles)	62
Manston (1.86 miles)	20

Where are the most violent places near Twenties?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Margate	168
Northwood	117
Isle of Thanet	78
St Peter’s	70
Reading Street	58
Twenties	47
Garlinge	44
Haine	31
Birchington	18
Manston	6

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

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 Twenties 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 Twenties compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Twenties and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Twenties is ranked #8.

#	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	Thanet Villages	64
9	Beacon Road	62
10	Westgate-on-Sea	48
11	Birchington North	24

Which road in Twenties has the highest level of crime?

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