Total Crime Rate

273.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 273.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 66.7 8/10
  • Public order 40.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.7 8/10
  • Other crime 13.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.7 9/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Arethusa Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Fort Horsted , and the 54th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Arethusa Road (ME1 2UN) in the last 12 months was 273.3 per 1,000 residents and was 224.1% higher than the Fort Horsted average (84.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 140.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Arethusa Road (ME1 2UN), the main crime hotspot is near Orion Road. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Arethusa Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pennant Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Warren Wood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wake Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Tideway —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Galleon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Orion Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Orion Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palm Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Kent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palm Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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