Crime Rates at Dunkirk Drive, Chatham, ME5 0JF

Dunkirk Drive area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 179th 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 Dunkirk Drive (ME5 0JF) in the last 12 months was 134.5 per 1,000 residents and was 47.2% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunkirk Drive (ME5 0JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burma Way, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bradfields Avenue West (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.