Total Crime Rate
234.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadway area has the 13th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Sheerness , and the 41st 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 Broadway (ME12 1TS) in the last 12 months was 234.8 per 1,000 residents and was 13.1% higher 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 101.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadway (ME12 1TS), the main crime hotspot is near Royal Road. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheerness| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fonblanque Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cavour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alexandra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trinity Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berridge 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Galway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Winstanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Galway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meyrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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