Total Crime Rate
44.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pattens Gardens area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Fort Horsted , and the 297th 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 Pattens Gardens (ME1 2QP) in the last 12 months was 44.9 per 1,000 residents and was 46.8% lower than the Fort Horsted average (84.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pattens Gardens (ME1 2QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Central Park Gardens, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beresford Avenue (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fort Horsted| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | City Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Central Park Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Central Park Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Central Park Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Carpenters Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pattens Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | High Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | The Chase | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pattens Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St William'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Chase | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | City Way | Under investigation |
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