Total Crime Rate
93.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tonge Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Chalkwell , and the 153rd highest crime rate of 454 local areas in Swale .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tonge Road (ME10 3NN) in the last 12 months was 93.2 per 1,000 residents and was 76.7% lower than the Chalkwell average (400.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (β 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tonge Road (ME10 3NN), the main crime hotspot is near Murston Road. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chalkwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Portland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wild Ash Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Murston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gorse Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gorse Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Terrace Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coombe Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodberry Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodberry Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portland Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wild Ash Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tonge Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tonge Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tonge Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tonge Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatcroft Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatcroft Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wheatcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Murston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Murston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wild Ash Croft | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Murston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smeed Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykeham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeed Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeed Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smeed Close | β |
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