Crime Rates at Montgomery Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0HA

Montgomery Avenue area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 323rd 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 Montgomery Avenue (ME5 0HA) in the last 12 months was 81.9 per 1,000 residents and was 67.6% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Montgomery Avenue (ME5 0HA), 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.