Total Crime Rate

110.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

63.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 110.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 63.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.0 9/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nore 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.

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Crime Over Time in Nore Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pepys Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Holland Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Second Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Second Avenue
Apr 2026Burglary Botany Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rose Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rose Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Rose Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millennium Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Victory Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Victory Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Victory Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Victory Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Victory Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millennium Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millennium Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Victory Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hare Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation

Data Sources

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