Total Crime Rate
123.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holcombe Road area has the 51st highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 200th 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 Holcombe Road (ME4 5RU) in the last 12 months was 123.6 per 1,000 residents and was 51.5% 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 69.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holcombe Road (ME4 5RU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Scott'S Terrace, where police recorded 51 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Westmount Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Booth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Neale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Neale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Neale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | River View Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tedbury Court | Under investigation |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Warner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silver Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ingle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Port Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Street | Under investigation |
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