Total Crime Rate
1004.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
324.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadway area has the highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Sheerness , and the 3rd 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 Broadway (ME12 1TP) in the last 12 months was 1004.8 per 1,000 residents and was 383.9% higher than the Sheerness average (207.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 113 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 136 (≈ 324.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadway (ME12 1TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheerness| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Royal Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubsole Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shrubsole Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shrubsole Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shrubsole Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shrubsole Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubsole Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubsole Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubsole Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beach Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cavour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Invicta Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Winstanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beach Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beach Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Galway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hare Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Delamark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Delamark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delamark Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hare Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hare Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hare Street | Local resolution |
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