Crime Rate in Strood North & Frindsbury, ward

Strood North & Frindsbury has the 12th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Medway district and the 2700th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 355th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Strood North & Frindsbury in the last 12 months was 80.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.4% lower than the Medway district average (109.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Strood North & Frindsbury’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 491 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , down -69.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 560 (≈ 37.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Strood North & Frindsbury ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 245 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (53 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.