Crime Rates at Cookham Wood Road, Rochester, ME1 3LW

Cookham Wood Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 12th 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 Cookham Wood Road (ME1 3LW) in the last 12 months was 714.8 per 1,000 residents and was 735.7% 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 110 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 113 (≈ 407.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 344.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cookham Wood Road (ME1 3LW), the main crime hotspot is near Sylewood Close. Police recorded 147 crimes here, including 80 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.