Total Crime Rate
2.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Magpie Hall Road area has the lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the lowest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Magpie Hall Road (ME4 5NB) in the last 12 months was 2.5 per 1,000 residents and was 99.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2023. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2023, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Magpie Hall Road (ME4 5NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lester Road, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Short Street (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chatham Central & Brompton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sawyers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Magpie Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Magpie Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Short Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Symons Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakum Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glencoe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glencoe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glencoe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Waghorn Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sawyers Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Short Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oakum Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Melbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawyers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sawyers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawyers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawyers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawyers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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