Total Crime Rate

63.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 63.8 6/10
  • Drugs 29.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.3 5/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Charles Drive area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Cuxton, Halling & Riverside , and the 405th highest 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 Charles Drive (ME2 1DP) in the last 12 months was 63.8 per 1,000 residents and was 53.1% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charles Drive (ME2 1DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pilgrims Way, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Reginald Avenue (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Charles Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reginald Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pilgrims Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reginald Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Reginald Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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