Total Crime Rate

42.8 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 42.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.7 3/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Strover Street area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 281st 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 Strover Street (ME7 1JD) in the last 12 months was 42.8 per 1,000 residents and was 83.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Strover Street (ME7 1JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 130 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A231 (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Strover Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Strover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strover Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exmouth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saunders Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Medway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dalton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Virginia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A231 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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