Total Crime Rate

288.5 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 288.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 67.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.9 10/10
  • Other theft 13.0 9/10
  • Burglary 10.9 9/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Anchor Business Park area has the 7th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Chalkwell , and the 29th 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 Anchor Business Park (ME10 3AE) in the last 12 months was 288.5 per 1,000 residents and was 27.9% lower than the Chalkwell average (400.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 95.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Anchor Business Park (ME10 3AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Golden Court (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Anchor Business Park area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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