Total Crime Rate
167.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nags Head Lane area has the 34th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 117th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nags Head Lane (ME1 1BB) in the last 12 months was 167.3 per 1,000 residents and was 34.3% lower than the Chatham Central & Brompton average (254.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -29.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nags Head Lane (ME1 1BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rochester West & Borstal| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foord Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Almon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Almon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Almon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Star Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Orange Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foord Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravel Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foord Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foord Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hawkwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Margaret'S Banks | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravel Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravel Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bingley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Fort | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravel Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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