Total Crime Rate

141.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 141.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.6 9/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tobruk Way area has the 48th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 172nd 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 Tobruk Way (ME5 0JW) in the last 12 months was 141.6 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 81.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tobruk Way (ME5 0JW), the main crime hotspot is near Timberbank. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tobruk Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burma Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burma Way —
Sep 2025Other crime Timberbank Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Timberbank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walderslade Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malta Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burma Way —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Timberbank Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bradfields Avenue West —
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Data Sources

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