Total Crime Rate

275.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 275.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 162.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.8 9/10
  • Public order 16.7 9/10
  • Other crime 8.3 9/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Knights Road area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow , and the 53rd 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 Knights Road (ME3 9DY) in the last 12 months was 275.0 per 1,000 residents and was 271.1% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -65.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 179.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 59.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knights Road (ME3 9DY), the main crime hotspot is near Pottery Road. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Knights Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pottery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pottery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pottery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Potters Court —
Sep 2025Other theft Pottery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Singleton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pottery Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pottery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pottery Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herdsdown Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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