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 5ND) 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 5ND), the main crime hotspot is near Russell Court. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chatham Central & Brompton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sawyers Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sawyers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oakum Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Symons Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Russell Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ernest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Magpie Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Magpie Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sturla Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturla Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Joiners Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Joiners Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Joiners Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shipwrights Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawyers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Listmas Road | 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 | Sawyers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawyers Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Sawyers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sawyers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sawyers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ropemakers Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ropemakers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Waghorn Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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