Total Crime Rate

228.2 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 228.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 155.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.4 9/10
  • Other crime 14.6 10/10
  • Other theft 14.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Sawyers Court area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 74th 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 Sawyers Court (ME4 5JH) in the last 12 months was 228.2 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% lower than the Chatham Central & Brompton average (253.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 155.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 113.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sawyers Court (ME4 5JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ropemakers Court, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sawyers Court (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sawyers Court area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chamberlain Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Shipwrights Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mark Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ropemakers Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ropemakers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Joiners Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Joiners Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blockmakers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mark Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Castle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sawyers Court
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mark Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sawyers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Sawyers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawyers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawyers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawyers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawyers Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawyers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawyers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawyers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawyers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Joiners Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Sawyers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Listmas Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakum Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oakum Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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