Total Crime Rate
211.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Salisbury Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 81st 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 Salisbury Road (ME4 5NN) in the last 12 months was 211.1 per 1,000 residents and was 17.2% lower than the Chatham Central & Brompton average (254.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 79.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salisbury Road (ME4 5NN), the main crime hotspot is near Institute Road. Police recorded 134 crimes here, including 62 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bryant Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ernest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mary Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Steven Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Herman Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herman Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herman Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Otway Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Otway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Salisbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mills Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sydney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelmar Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chelmar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chelmar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chelmar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chelmar Road | — |
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