Total Crime Rate

46.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 46.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Other crime 8.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Kingfisher Drive area has the 30th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hempstead & Wigmore , and the 314th 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 Kingfisher Drive (ME5 7NX) in the last 12 months was 46.8 per 1,000 residents and was 9.6% lower than the Hempstead & Wigmore average (51.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingfisher Drive (ME5 7NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ryde Close, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sheridan Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kingfisher Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheridan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ryde Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryde Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shackleton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheridan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Barleymow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingfisher Drive —
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Data Sources

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