Crime Rates at Dock Head Road, Chatham, ME4 4ZS

Dock Head Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 64th 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 Dock Head Road (ME4 4ZS) in the last 12 months was 257.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1.2% higher than the Chatham Central & Brompton average (254.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 111.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 62.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dock Head Road (ME4 4ZS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.