Total Crime Rate
636.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Millen Road area has the highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow , and the 6th highest crime rate of 453 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 Millen Road (ME10 2BQ) in the last 12 months was 636.4 per 1,000 residents and was 956.5% higher than the Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow average (60.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 117 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 134.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Millen Road (ME10 2BQ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 200 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chalkwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cortland Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Mill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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