Total Crime Rate

34.2 per 1,000 3/10 Β· Low

All offences Β· 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 34.2 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.2 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Front Brents area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Abbey , and the 103rd lowest crime rate of 454 local areas in Swale .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Front Brents (ME13 7DH) in the last 12 months was 34.2 per 1,000 residents and was 75.0% lower than the Abbey average (136.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (β‰ˆ 19.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Front Brents (ME13 7DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near West Street, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broomfield Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Front Brents area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2040 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stonedane Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sevenacre Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sevenacre Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sevenacre Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sevenacre Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order B2040 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime West Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Front Brents β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stonedane Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Water Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B2040 β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2040 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2040 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reedland Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Garfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Reedland Crescent β€”

Data Sources

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