Crime Rate in Sheerness, ward

Sheerness has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 wards in Swale district and the 315th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 42nd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Sheerness in the last 12 months was 195.1 per 1,000 residents and was 81.8% higher than the Swale district average (107.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Sheerness’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,067 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 7 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 28.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -26.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,237 (≈ 93.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Sheerness ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 240 crimes here, including 99 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.