Total Crime Rate
132.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Albert Road area has the 48th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 187th 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 Albert Road (ME4 5QA) in the last 12 months was 132.7 per 1,000 residents and was 48.0% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -88.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 68.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albert Road (ME4 5QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mary Court, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Natal Road (20 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Booth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Natal Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chalk Pit Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Chalk Pit Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redvers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redvers Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buller Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Buller Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Buller Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Booth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Natal Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Symons Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Symons Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robin Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tedbury Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gerald Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gerald Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baffin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Natal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prospect Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silver Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glencoe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | 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 |
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