Postcode · Margate
Crime in CT9 2TU
How much crime is recorded in CT9 2TU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Salmestone
- Council
- Thanet
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,499 (2024)
CT9 2TUMargate
How safe is CT9 2TU
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 26.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CT9 2TU area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
26.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
50
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
CT9 2TUNational
Violence and sexual offences20.723.6
Anti-social behaviour8.410.7
Drugs3.92.4
Criminal damage and arson3.84.7
Vehicle crime3.63.5
Other theft2.94.5
Public order2.54.6
Burglary2.39.1
Other crime2.31.5
Robbery1.11.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 9% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.