Postcode · Margate
Crime in CT9 3BE
How much crime is recorded in CT9 3BE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cliftonville East & Kingsgate
- Council
- Thanet
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,695 (2024)
CT9 3BEMargate
How safe is CT9 3BE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 19.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CT9 3BE area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
19.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
43
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 3BENational
Violence and sexual offences16.223.6
Anti-social behaviour5.910.7
Other theft5.14.5
Criminal damage and arson3.94.7
Burglary3.29.1
Other crime3.11.5
Drugs1.82.4
Public order1.84.6
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Bicycle theft1.11.0
Shoplifting0.68.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 17% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.