Total Crime Rate

120.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.0 6/10
  • Burglary 12.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rosemary Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Queenborough and Halfway , and the 109th highest crime rate of 454 local areas in Swale .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rosemary Avenue (ME12 3HU) in the last 12 months was 120.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% higher than the Queenborough and Halfway average (113.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 68.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rosemary Avenue (ME12 3HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rosemary Avenue, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holmside Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rosemary Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosemary Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashley Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rosemary Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Belgrave Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Belgrave Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosemary Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Peter'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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