Total Crime Rate
12.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ruby Close area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 102 local areas in Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow , and the 24th lowest crime rate of 453 local areas in Swale .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ruby Close (ME10 5JP) in the last 12 months was 12.2 per 1,000 residents and was 79.7% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 8.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ruby Close (ME10 5JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Quartz Way, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Quinton Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In The Meads| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jacinth Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anatase Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jacinth Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knightsfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Staplehurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Quinton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Quinton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quartz Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anatase Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anatase Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Anatase Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Raite Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jacinth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olivine Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sonora Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jacinth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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