Crime Rates at King Street, Rochester, ME1 1BE

King Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around King Street (ME1 1BE) in the last 12 months was 234.2 per 1,000 residents and was 180.3% higher than the Rochester East & Warren Wood average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 126.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around King Street (ME1 1BE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 56 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.