Total Crime Rate
110.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nore Close area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Sheerness , and the 115th highest crime rate of 453 local areas in Swale .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nore Close (ME12 1DD) in the last 12 months was 110.1 per 1,000 residents and was 47.0% lower than the Sheerness average (207.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 63.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nore Close (ME12 1DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 174 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victory Street (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheerness| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pepys Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Holland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Second Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Second Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Botany Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millennium Way | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victory Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Victory Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victory Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victory Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victory Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millennium Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millennium Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victory Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hare Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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