Total Crime Rate
150.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Canterbury Road 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 Canterbury Road (ME10 4SD) 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 Canterbury Road (ME10 4SD), the main crime hotspot is near Murston Road. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Roman| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frensham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shortlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shakespeare Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shakespeare Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shakespeare Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shortlands Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shortlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shortlands Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | School Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thomas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terrace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenways | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rectory Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gaze Hill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murston Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Temple Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Temple Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Murston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Murston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Murston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rectory Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murston Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
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