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

Tonge Road 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 Tonge Road (ME10 3NS) 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 Tonge Road (ME10 3NS), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Tonge Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tonge Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gorse Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodberry Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Murston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gorse Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Wheatcroft Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodberry Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wykeham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Portland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatcroft Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatcroft Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatcroft Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portland Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Murston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coombe Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wykeham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smeed Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smeed Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smeed Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunny Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sunny Bank —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smeed Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wild Ash Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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