Crime Rates at Petunia Avenue, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, ME12 3TS

Petunia Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Queenborough and Halfway , and the 114th 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 Petunia Avenue (ME12 3TS) in the last 12 months was 110.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.7% higher than the Queenborough and Halfway average (105.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Petunia Avenue (ME12 3TS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Myrtle Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petunia Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.