Total Crime Rate
40.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beaconsfield Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Murston , and the 136th lowest crime rate of 453 local areas in Swale .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beaconsfield Road (ME10 3BA) in the last 12 months was 40.6 per 1,000 residents and was 64.7% lower than the Murston average (115.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 21.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beaconsfield Road (ME10 3BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vincent Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gladstone Drive (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Murston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elm Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gladstone Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tonge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keswick Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keswick Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coombe Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wykeham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woodberry Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeed Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeed Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeed Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frensham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vincent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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