Total Crime Rate
218.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
107.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Edenbridge Drive area has the 15th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Sheerness , and the 45th highest crime rate of 453 local areas in Swale .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Edenbridge Drive (ME12 1JS) in the last 12 months was 218.4 per 1,000 residents and was 5.2% higher than the Sheerness average (207.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (β 107.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edenbridge Drive (ME12 1JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Almond Tree Close, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chilham Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheerness| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Diamond Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davie Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davie Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davie Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Davie Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Almond Tree Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tribune Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chilham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chilham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chilham Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chilham Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chilham Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorn Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorn Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tribune Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davie Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milstead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cherry Tree Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherry Tree Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Appledore Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Diamond Court | β |
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