Total Crime Rate

12.3 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 12.3 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.2 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Ballens Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Lordswood & Walderslade , and the 54th lowest 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 Ballens Road (ME5 8NT) in the last 12 months was 12.3 per 1,000 residents and was 75.1% lower than the Lordswood & Walderslade average (49.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ballens Road (ME5 8NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Weybridge Close, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Croydon Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ballens Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bromley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croydon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weybridge Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bromley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bromley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Port Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shepperton Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tadburn Green —
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Data Sources

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