Crime Rates at High Street, Sheerness, ME12 1UB

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Sheerness , and the 4th 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 High Street (ME12 1UB) in the last 12 months was 821.3 per 1,000 residents and was 295.6% 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 94 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 44.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 247.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (ME12 1UB), 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.