Total Crime Rate
807.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
244.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Garden Pasture area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Sheerness , and the 5th highest crime rate of 453 local areas in Swale .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Garden Pasture (ME12 1BF) in the last 12 months was 807.3 per 1,000 residents and was 288.8% higher than the Sheerness average (207.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 91 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 94 (≈ 244.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Garden Pasture (ME12 1BF), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 291 crimes here, including 88 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheerness| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millennium Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victory Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victory Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victory Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victory Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victory Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Victory Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victory Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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