Total Crime Rate

49.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 49.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Crest Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 332nd 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 Crest Road (ME1 2NH) in the last 12 months was 49.1 per 1,000 residents and was 42.6% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crest Road (ME1 2NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Summerson Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawser Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Crest Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Fairway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palm Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havisham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Summerson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windward Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windward Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windward Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palm Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawser Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairway Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairway Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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