Crime Rates at Shortlands Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 3JT

Shortlands Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Chalkwell , and the 73rd 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 Shortlands Road (ME10 3JT) in the last 12 months was 163.9 per 1,000 residents and was 59.1% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -54.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 70.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shortlands Road (ME10 3JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Terrace Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.