Total Crime Rate
98.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alma Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Sheerness , and the 144th 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 Alma Road (ME12 2PB) in the last 12 months was 98.8 per 1,000 residents and was 52.4% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 71.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alma Road (ME12 2PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Royal Road (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheerness| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coronation Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Winstanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Helen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubsole Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Invicta Road | 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 | Drugs | Coronation Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Invicta Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cavour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trinity Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Galway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Galway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
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