Total Crime Rate

23.7 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 23.7 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

The Fairway area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 142nd lowest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Fairway (ME1 2LX) in the last 12 months was 23.7 per 1,000 residents and was 72.3% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Fairway (ME1 2LX), the main crime hotspot is near The Tideway. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Fairway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windward Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Maidstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Fairway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windward Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windward Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Summerson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawser Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palm Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Tideway
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairway Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairway Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palm Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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