Medway crime rate
Overview of Medway crime rate
The most frequent crime categories in Medway are Violence and sexual offences (41.9%), Anti-social behaviour (14.8%), and Criminal damage and arson (9.3%). The least common are Robbery (0.8%), Theft from the person (0.5%), and Bicycle theft (0.4%).
Among Medway’s 22 wards, those with the highest crime rates include River (Medway) (328.4), Gillingham South (197.2), and Rochester West (173.8), while the safest are Rainham South (54.3), Rainham Central (49.6), and Hempstead and Wigmore (46.0).
Looking at postcode districts within Medway, ME4 (227.7), ME7 (154.1), and ME1 (128.6) have the highest crime rates. The safest are ME9 (75.2), ME3 (70.1), and ME8 (69.6).
Medway crime incidents by crime type
- Violence and sexual offences – 14140 (41.9)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 4985 (14.8)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 3144 (9.3)%
- Other theft – 2199 (6.5)%
- Public order – 1982 (5.9)%
- Shoplifting – 1967 (5.8)%
- Vehicle crime – 1596 (4.7)%
- Other crime – 1030 (3.1)%
- Burglary – 968 (2.9)%
- Drugs – 826 (2.4)%
- Possession of weapons – 311 (0.9)%
- Robbery – 264 (0.8)%
- Theft from the person – 183 (0.5)%
- Bicycle theft – 126 (0.4)%
How does Medway compare against nearby areas ?
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
Heat map for all nearby areas Medway is compared against
Crime rates in Medway wards
There are 22 wards within Medway. River (Medway), Gillingham South, Rochester West has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.
List of all 22 wards from high crime rate to low.
Analyze trends and crime types for Medway wards
Crime rates in postcode districts under Medway
There are 8 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Medway. Highest crime rates in ME4, ME7, ME1 .
- ME4 – 227.7
- ME7 – 154.1
- ME1 – 128.6
- ME2 – 104.3
- ME5 – 86.9
- ME9 – 75.2
- ME3 – 70.1
- ME8 – 69.6
Postcode districts in Medway
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