Total Crime Rate
109.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bond Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow , and the 117th 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 Bond Road (ME10 5BL) in the last 12 months was 109.8 per 1,000 residents and was 82.2% higher than the Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow average (60.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 51.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bond Road (ME10 5BL), the main crime hotspot is near Spinel Close. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In The Meads| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sandford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Papyrus Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parchment Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parchment Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spinel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parchment Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ledger Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parchment Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Porcelain Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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