Total Crime Rate
261.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mark Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 62nd 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 Mark Street (ME4 5PF) in the last 12 months was 261.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.4% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 110.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mark Street (ME4 5PF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Russell Court, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sawyers Court (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sawyers Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ropemakers Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ropemakers Court | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ropemakers Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shipwrights Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shipwrights Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ropemakers Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Castle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ropemakers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ropemakers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Joiners Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joiners Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ropemakers Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ropemakers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waghorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glencoe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waghorn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Russell Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Russell Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Listmas Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Listmas Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Listmas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sailmakers Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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