Total Crime Rate
8.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Binnacle Road area has the lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 18th 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 Binnacle Road (ME1 2XP) in the last 12 months was 8.0 per 1,000 residents and was 90.5% lower than the Rochester East & Warren Wood average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2023. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2023, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Binnacle Road (ME1 2XP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Orion Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kent Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rochester East & Warren Wood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Binnacle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Orion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawser Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawser Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Binnacle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hawser Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hawser Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawser Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawser Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anchor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Tideway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Tideway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orion Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orion Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B2097 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawser Road | — |
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