Crime Rates at Broad Street, Sheerness, ME12 1EA

Broad Street area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Sheerness , and the 97th highest 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 Broad Street (ME12 1EA) in the last 12 months was 132.1 per 1,000 residents and was 36.4% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broad Street (ME12 1EA), 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.