Total Crime Rate
234.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Neptune Terrace 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 Neptune Terrace (ME12 2AN) 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 Neptune Terrace (ME12 2AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Richmond Street, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alma Street (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 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Richmond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alma Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fonblanque Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meyrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Winstanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Invicta Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Invicta Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alexandra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Street | — |
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