Total Crime Rate
121.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beaconsfield Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Murston , and the 105th highest crime rate of 453 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 Beaconsfield Road (ME10 3BB) in the last 12 months was 121.2 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beaconsfield Road (ME10 3BB), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Tonge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vincent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gladstone Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Avenue | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wykeham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woodberry Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elm Grove | Under investigation |
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