Crime Rates at Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0EP

Wayfield Road area has the 51st highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wayfield Road (ME5 0EP) in the last 12 months was 137.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.8% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 98.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wayfield Road (ME5 0EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barnfield, where police recorded 195 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stalin Avenue (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.