Crime Rates at Longley Road, Rochester, ME1 2HB

Longley Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 154th 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 Longley Road (ME1 2HB) in the last 12 months was 150.0 per 1,000 residents and was 75.4% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 76.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Longley Road (ME1 2HB), 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.