Photo: Robert Eva · CC BY-SA 2.0Crime per resident in Cliffs End runs higher than in 77% of UK towns
On crimes police recorded inside Cliffs End’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it grades C− for safety.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
Cliffs End grades C− for safety
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
A fairly firm grade. Built on 188 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Cliffs End against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
Against the typical town its size, Cliffs End runs highest on anti-social behaviour (21.8 per 1,000 against 5.3), criminal damage & arson (10.1 per 1,000 against 3.2) and violence & sexual offences (40.5 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 52 | 40.5 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 28 | 21.8 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 13 | 10.1 | 3.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 9 | 7 | 2.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 6 | 4.7 | 0.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 5 | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 2.3 | 1.1 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
How Cliffs End compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Cliffs End, and others in Kent.
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Plaxtol Kent | 1,137 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | Challock Kent | 1,089 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 2.1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 77 | Lympne Kent | 1,074 | 9.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | A+ |
| 78 | Guston Kent | 1,684 | 7.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1096 | Llanybydder Dyfed | 1,182 | 34.9 | 13.6 | 3.2 | C− |
| 1097 | North Benfleet Essex | 1,765 | 30 | 18.5 | 4.9 | C− |
| 1098 | Ruishton Somerset | 1,476 | 27.4 | 21.2 | 7 | C− |
| 1099 | Cliffs End Kent | 1,284 | 28.8 | 20 | 9.4 | C− |
| 1100 | Presteigne Powys | 1,929 | 34.6 | 14.3 | 5.8 | C− |
| 1101 | Keadby Lincolnshire | 1,446 | 34.1 | 14.8 | 5.8 | C− |
| 1102 | Latchingdon Essex | 1,140 | 33.9 | 15.2 | 8.2 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
For every 1,000 residents, about 40 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
And about 13 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 8 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
52 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 36 the year before
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +44% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -43% (towns its size +0%).
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
No one died in a collision on Cliffs End’s roads in 2021–2025
Collisions police recorded inside Cliffs End’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Police recorded 16 collisions with injuries inside Cliffs End in five years. 2 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Cliffs End is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Cliffs End’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Cliffs End had 2.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Crime in the places around Cliffs End
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffs End | 1,284 | 28.8 | 20 | C− |
| Ramsgate | 42,031 | 61.3 | 20.6 | D− |
| Minster (Thanet) | 4,739 | 46.2 | 13.3 | D |
| Broadstairs | 25,780 | 31.6 | 13.5 | C |
| Margate | 63,315 | 56.1 | 17.5 | D |
| Sandwich | 4,258 | 42.7 | 15.9 | D |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 30.1 | 12.1 | C |
| Eastry | 2,388 | 19 | 7 | B+ |
Cliffs End records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Broadstairs, 3.4 miles away, records 31.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Cliffs End’s 28.8.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Cliffs End sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Cliffs End
Is Cliffs End safe?
Police recorded 28.8 violent and sexual offences and 20 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Cliffs End’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 23% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Cliffs End has less crime per resident than 10%.
Is crime going up in Cliffs End?
Police recorded 52 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 36 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Cliffs End?
Violence & sexual offences: 52 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (13) and other theft (9), with 28 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Cliffs End compare with Margate?
Margate records 56.1 violent and sexual offences and 17.5 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Cliffs End’s 28.8 and 20, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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