Total Crime Rate

566.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 566.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 319.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.5 10/10
  • Public order 44.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Other crime 9.5 9/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow , and the 10th highest crime rate of 454 local areas in Swale .

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 High Street (ME10 2AN) in the last 12 months was 566.5 per 1,000 residents and was 776.3% higher than the Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow average (64.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 101 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 366.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 123.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (ME10 2AN), the main crime hotspot is near High Street. Police recorded 154 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow

Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbridge Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Other theft Larkfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Larkfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Crown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Beechwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frobisher Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frobisher Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frobisher Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regis Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Brewery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cortland Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sprotshill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sprotshill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Mill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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