Crime Rates at High Street, Rochester, ME1 1EU

High Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 36th 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 High Street (ME1 1EU) in the last 12 months was 396.1 per 1,000 residents and was 363.1% higher than the Rochester East & Warren Wood average (85.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 660.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 136.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (ME1 1EU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 196 crimes here, including 112 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.