Total Crime Rate
3.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stake Lane area has the lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Cuxton, Halling & Riverside , and the 4th lowest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .
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 Stake Lane (ME2 1BD) in the last 12 months was 3.2 per 1,000 residents and was 97.6% lower than the Cuxton, Halling & Riverside average (136.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Stake Lane (ME2 1BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brooks Place, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Limeburners Drive (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cuxton, Halling & Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Quarry Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stake Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Quarry Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooks Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Limeburners Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Quarry Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Aspdin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Limeburners Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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