Total Crime Rate
38.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alexandra Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Sheerness , and the 128th lowest crime rate of 453 local areas in Swale .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alexandra Road (ME12 2AU) in the last 12 months was 38.5 per 1,000 residents and was 81.5% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alexandra Road (ME12 2AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shrubsole Avenue, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (30 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 | Shrubsole Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vincent Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Invicta Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shrubsole Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trinity Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Invicta Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newcomen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newcomen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halfway Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfway Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cavour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
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