Total Crime Rate

232.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

95.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 232.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 95.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.1 10/10
  • Other theft 20.5 10/10
  • Drugs 13.7 9/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Alma Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Sheerness , and the 42nd 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 2PD) in the last 12 months was 232.4 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -26.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 95.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alma Road (ME12 2PD), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Alma Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shrubsole Avenue
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Newcomen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vincent Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shrubsole Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alma Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Galway Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Galway Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Galway Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Galway Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wellesley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellesley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Newcomen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Coronation Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trinity Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trinity Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Trinity Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trinity Road
Apr 2026Drugs Coronation Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trinity Way
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Helen'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fonblanque Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clyde Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shrubsole Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shrubsole Avenue

Data Sources

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