Postcode · Margate
Crime in CT9 5JS
How much crime is recorded in CT9 5JS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Westbrook & Garlinge
- Council
- Thanet
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,588 (2024)
CT9 5JSMargate
How safe is CT9 5JS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 15.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CT9 5JS area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
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 5JSNational
Violence and sexual offences13.623.6
Anti-social behaviour6.810.7
Criminal damage and arson2.54.7
Other theft2.34.5
Other crime1.71.5
Drugs1.22.4
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Burglary0.99.1
Shoplifting0.78.4
Public order0.64.6
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 51% 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.