Crime Rate in Strood West, ward

Strood West has the 10th lowest crime rate of 24 wards in Medway district and the 3230th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 454th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Strood West in the last 12 months was 72.0 per 1,000 residents and was 34.1% lower than the Medway district average (109.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Strood West’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 575 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 16.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 637 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Strood West ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Darnley Close, with 57 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Witham Way (32 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.