Total Crime Rate
232.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alma 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.
View Crime In Sheerness| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shrubsole Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newcomen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vincent Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shrubsole Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Galway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Galway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newcomen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coronation 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Trinity Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Coronation Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Helen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fonblanque Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shrubsole Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shrubsole Avenue | — |
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