Total Crime Rate

93.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 93.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.7 8/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Willows area has the 16th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Minster Cliffs , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 454 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 The Willows (ME12 2FH) in the last 12 months was 93.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.7% higher than the Minster Cliffs average (64.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 51.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Willows (ME12 2FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ash Lane, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Lilacs (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Willows area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marsh View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Ash Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Marine Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marine Parade —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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