Crime Rates at Adelaide Drive, Sittingbourne, ME10 1YB

Adelaide Drive area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Borden and Grove Park , and the 89th lowest crime rate of 454 local areas in Swale .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Adelaide Drive (ME10 1YB) in the last 12 months was 30.9 per 1,000 residents and was 58.8% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Adelaide Drive (ME10 1YB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lydbrook Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.