Crime Rates at Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH

Wayfield Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 266th lowest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wayfield Road (ME5 0HH) in the last 12 months was 40.6 per 1,000 residents and was 84.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wayfield Road (ME5 0HH), 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.