Crime · Margate

Reported crime in Margate

Name: Margate crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

8,471 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 122 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

8,471

Rate / 1,000

122

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	3,367	40%
Anti social behaviour	1,632	19%
Criminal damage and arson	741	9%
Shoplifting	554	7%
Other theft	510	6%
Public order	415	5%
Drugs	362	4%
Vehicle crime	238	3%
Other crime	213	3%
Burglary	168	2%
Possession of weapons	104	1%
Robbery	80	1%
Bicycle theft	55	1%
Theft from the person	32	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	365	345	223	280	264	290	257	241	278	253	298	273	3367
Anti social behaviour	198	174	96	137	124	113	93	104	115	123	180	175	1632
Criminal damage and arson	80	58	46	59	44	49	60	52	56	79	82	76	741
Shoplifting	49	46	48	60	44	38	41	46	44	42	52	44	554
Other theft	49	46	49	38	47	40	36	29	36	44	60	36	510
Public order	44	39	26	20	36	34	44	34	43	27	35	33	415
Drugs	33	22	27	27	19	39	37	34	38	28	30	28	362
Vehicle crime	22	25	12	16	20	18	32	21	24	7	20	21	238
Other crime	23	10	21	15	15	12	13	20	21	16	20	27	213
Burglary	21	17	16	15	18	13	18	5	18	8	15	4	168
Possession of weapons	13	11	7	8	6	7	9	11	13	5	4	10	104
Robbery	9	6	7	7	4	12	6	2	8	2	9	8	80
Bicycle theft	5	7	7	4	2	1	1	1	6	9	4	8	55
Theft from the person	5	5	1	1	2	4	4		4		2	4	32
Total	916	811	586	687	645	670	651	600	704	643	811	747	8471

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Margate, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 69,190.