Total Crime Rate

109.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 109.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 2/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Vicarage Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow , and the 126th 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 Vicarage Road (ME10 2BL) in the last 12 months was 109.2 per 1,000 residents and was 68.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road (ME10 2BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dobbie Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newbridge Avenue (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vicarage Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dyngley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbridge Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Beechwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Milbourne Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Larkfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Larkfield Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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