Crime Rate in Rainham South East, ward

Rainham South East has the lowest crime rate of 24 wards in Medway district and the 1023rd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 146th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Rainham South East in the last 12 months was 33.4 per 1,000 residents and was 69.4% lower than the Medway district average (109.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Rainham South East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 207 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 230 (≈ 15.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Rainham South East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 33 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Wollaston Close (18 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.