Total Crime Rate
88.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chalkwell Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Borden and Grove Park , and the 169th highest crime rate of 454 local areas in Swale .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chalkwell Road (ME10 1BQ) in the last 12 months was 88.7 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% higher than the Borden and Grove Park average (75.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , 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 23 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chalkwell Road (ME10 1BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Borden and Grove Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Arthur Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gibson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Romney Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Romney Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hawthorn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arthur Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walmer Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laburnum Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bassett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Medway Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hythe Road | — |
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