Total Crime Rate

430.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

208.7 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 430.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 208.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 182.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 87.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 43.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.1 10/10
  • Drugs 19.6 10/10
  • Other crime 17.4 10/10
  • Other theft 17.4 9/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.9 10/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Shellness Road area has the highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Minster Cliffs , and the 14th highest crime rate of 453 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 Shellness Road (ME12 4RL) in the last 12 months was 430.4 per 1,000 residents and was 553.0% higher than the Minster Cliffs average (65.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 96 (≈ 208.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Shellness Road area

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Data Sources

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