Total Crime Rate

83.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Watts Avenue area has the 27th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 318th 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 Watts Avenue (ME1 1SA) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watts Avenue (ME1 1SA), the main crime hotspot is near Morden Street. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Watts Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lockington Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watts' Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Albany Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Horsley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Valetta Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hooper'S Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Morden Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lockington Grove —
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Data Sources

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