Total Crime Rate
658.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Street area has the highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow , and the 7th 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 Church Street (ME10 2JZ) in the last 12 months was 658.0 per 1,000 residents and was 918.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 83 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 68.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 186.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Street (ME10 2JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 156 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Crown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | 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 | Other crime | Larkfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Beechwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regis Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Crown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Mill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laburnum Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cortland Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hythe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Larkfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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