Total Crime Rate

33.1 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 33.1 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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
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

Copperhouse Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Strood West , and the 206th 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 Copperhouse Road (ME2 2TG) in the last 12 months was 33.1 per 1,000 residents and was 54.1% lower than the Strood West average (72.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Copperhouse Road (ME2 2TG), the main crime hotspot is near Scholars Rise. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Copperhouse Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albatross Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albatross Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Scholars Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Bligh Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bligh Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bligh Way —
Sep 2025Drugs Scholars Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Scholars Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scholars Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Scholars Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Scholars Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pelican Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pelican Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Shearwater Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albatross Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albatross Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parkfields Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parkfields —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albatross Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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