Postcode · Margate
Crime in CT9 4DR
How much crime is recorded in CT9 4DR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Margate Town
- Council
- Thanet
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,286 (2024)
CT9 4DRMargate
How safe is CT9 4DR
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 36.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CT9 4DR area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
36.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
66
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 4DRNational
Violence and sexual offences31.823.6
Anti-social behaviour7.810.7
Other theft7.34.5
Burglary4.79.1
Other crime3.91.5
Shoplifting2.88.4
Drugs2.52.4
Criminal damage and arson2.44.7
Public order2.34.6
Vehicle crime2.23.5
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Robbery0.11.4
Bicycle theft0.11.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 11% 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.