Total Crime Rate

174.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 174.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 65.1 8/10
  • Other theft 29.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.7 8/10
  • Public order 8.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

City Way area has the 11th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 121st 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 City Way (ME1 2BJ) in the last 12 months was 174.6 per 1,000 residents and was 104.1% 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 Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -63.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around City Way (ME1 2BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beresford Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in City Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences City Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime High Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pattens Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mooring Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pattens Gardens —
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St William'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences City Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beresford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Carpenters Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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