Crime Rate in Wayfield & Weeds Wood, ward

Wayfield & Weeds Wood has the 10th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Medway district and the 2461st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 323rd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wayfield & Weeds Wood in the last 12 months was 84.6 per 1,000 residents and was 22.6% lower than the Medway district average (109.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wayfield & Weeds Wood’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 346 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 57.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 378 (≈ 33.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wayfield & Weeds Wood ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Barnfield, with 195 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Timberbank (35 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.