Crime Rates at Keating Close, Rochester, ME1 1EQ

Keating Close area has the 24th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 263rd 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 Keating Close (ME1 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 95.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 25.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Keating Close (ME1 1EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Keating Close, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mercury Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.