Swale crime rate Interactive maps and visualisation

Overview of Swale crime rate

Essential tools against vehicle theft.

Crime assessment: high.

Swale stands at 5th place among 25 local districts in crime rates, with 17,481 incidents reported in 2023. With a population of 151,677, the crime rate is 115.25 per 1,000 residents, showing a slight increase of 0.98% from the previous year.

Leading crime types in Swale are Violence and sexual offences (38.5%), Anti-social behaviour (15.6%), and Criminal damage and arson (10.5%), with the least common being Bicycle theft (0.5%), Robbery (0.4%), and Theft from the person (0.3%).

Out of 24 wards in Swale, the ones with the highest crime rates are Chalkwell (Swale) (292.9), Sheerness (210.4), and Roman (Swale) (205.8), whereas the safest are Minster Cliffs (51.8), East Downs (48.5), and Woodstock (Swale) (48.3).

In Swale, there has been a notable increase in Anti-social behaviour by 7.91% in 2020 and 1.77% in 2023, Shoplifting by 3.54% in 2023, and Violence and sexual offences by 4.03% in 2021. Conversely, there were significant drops in crime rates including a decrease in Anti-social behaviour by 5.49% in 2021 and 5.71% in 2022, a reduction in Criminal damage and arson by 1.66% in 2020, a decrease in Shoplifting by 3.72% in 2020, a reduction in Vehicle crime by 1.67% in 2020 and 1.76% in 2021, and a decrease in Violence and sexual offences by 1.9% in 2022 and 4.74% in 2023.

Swale crime incidents by crime type

A total of 17481 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 6728 (38.5)%
Anti-social behaviour – 2721 (15.6)%
Criminal damage and arson – 1827 (10.5)%
Shoplifting – 1681 (9.6)%
Other theft – 1170 (6.7)%
Public order – 936 (5.4)%
Vehicle crime – 708 (4.1)%
Burglary – 570 (3.3)%
Other crime – 517 (3.0)%
Drugs – 255 (1.5)%
Possession of weapons – 149 (0.9)%
Bicycle theft – 87 (0.5)%
Robbery – 78 (0.4)%
Theft from the person – 54 (0.3)%

How does Swale compare against nearby areas ?

Swale ranks 5th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

Heat map for all nearby areas Swale is compared against

Crime rates in Swale wards

There are 24 wards within Swale. Chalkwell (Swale), Sheerness, Roman (Swale) has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

get-ward-map/swale/

List of all 24 wards from high crime rate to low.