Crime Rates at Gaze Hill Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 4SA

Gaze Hill Avenue area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Chalkwell , and the 74th 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 Gaze Hill Avenue (ME10 4SA) in the last 12 months was 150.0 per 1,000 residents and was 59.1% lower than the Chalkwell average (366.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 72.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gaze Hill Avenue (ME10 4SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.