Crime Rates at Street Farm Cottages, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 9BH

Street Farm Cottages area has the 5th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow , and the 117th 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 Street Farm Cottages (ME3 9BH) in the last 12 months was 176.0 per 1,000 residents and was 137.5% higher than the Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow average (74.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 120.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 186.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Street Farm Cottages (ME3 9BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hoo Way, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Braeburn Drive (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.