Total Crime Rate

177.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 177.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.0 9/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Burglary 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Bligh Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Strood West , and the 112th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bligh Way (ME2 2XQ) in the last 12 months was 177.3 per 1,000 residents and was 146.0% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 111.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 95.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bligh Way (ME2 2XQ), 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 Bligh Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albatross Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parkfields —
Sep 2025Other theft Shearwater Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Scholars Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Scholars Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scholars Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Auklet Close —
Sep 2025Public order Scholars Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Scholars Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Scholars Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albatross Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Razorbill Close —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pelican Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parkfields Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pelican Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albatross Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bligh Way —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bligh Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Bligh Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albatross Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albatross Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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