Total Crime Rate

191.0 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 191.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.2 9/10
  • Drugs 22.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.1 9/10
  • Other theft 12.6 8/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
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

Mansel Drive area has the 9th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 97th 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 Mansel Drive (ME1 3HX) in the last 12 months was 191.0 per 1,000 residents and was 123.3% 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 Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 77.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mansel Drive (ME1 3HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Borstal Street, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shorts Way (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mansel Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Shorts Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Farmdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mercury Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mansel Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cordelia Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cordelia Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cordelia Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ailsa Mews —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brambletree Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunderland Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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