Total Crime Rate
157.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Love Lane area has the 15th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 146th 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 Love Lane (ME1 1JD) in the last 12 months was 157.3 per 1,000 residents and was 83.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Love Lane (ME1 1JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Love Lane, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Watts' Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rochester East & Warren Wood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lockington Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watts' Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lockington Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Terrace | Under investigation |
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