Total Crime Rate

207.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

103.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 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 207.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 103.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.3 9/10
  • Other theft 21.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.4 9/10
  • Burglary 10.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • 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 · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Queenborough and Halfway , and the 47th highest crime rate of 453 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 Lower Road (ME12 3RR) in the last 12 months was 207.7 per 1,000 residents and was 84.3% higher than the Queenborough and Halfway average (112.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 103.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Lower Road area

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Data Sources

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