Crime Rates at Richard Street, Rochester, ME1 2EB

Richard Street area has the 28th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 324th 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 Richard Street (ME1 2EB) in the last 12 months was 81.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 45.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Richard Street (ME1 2EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Weatherly Close (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.