Total Crime Rate

118.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 118.0 8/10
  • Other theft 55.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 6.6 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lords Wood Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Lordswood & Walderslade , and the 227th 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 Lords Wood Lane (ME5 8QX) in the last 12 months was 118.0 per 1,000 residents and was 139.3% higher than the Lordswood & Walderslade average (49.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 17 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 Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -68.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lords Wood Lane (ME5 8QX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duchess Of Kent Drive (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lords Wood Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Port Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swingate Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Spindlewood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Yard Under investigation
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Data Sources

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