Total Crime Rate

162.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 162.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.7 7/10
  • Other crime 12.5 10/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Hawser Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 138th 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 Hawser Road (ME1 3AA) in the last 12 months was 162.0 per 1,000 residents and was 89.4% higher 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 93.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawser Road (ME1 3AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Summerson Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Tideway (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Rochester East & Warren Wood

Crime Over Time in Hawser Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windward Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Tideway —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palm Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palm Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windward Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawser Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairway Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Maidstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairway Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trevale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wake Road 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 The Fairway Under investigation
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Data Sources

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