Total Crime Rate
250.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cormorant Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Strood West , and the 67th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cormorant Close (ME2 2XX) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 247.0% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 148.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cormorant Close (ME2 2XX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shearwater Close, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cormorant Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Strood West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Pelican Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Razorbill Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parkfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parkfields | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Pelican Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albatross Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albatross Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albatross Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albatross Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albatross Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Auklet Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shearwater Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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