Total Crime Rate

56.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

32.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 56.0 5/10
  • Violent crimes 32.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 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
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Middle Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 377th 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 Middle Street (ME7 5RW) in the last 12 months was 56.0 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% lower than the Chatham Central & Brompton average (254.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 32.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middle Street (ME7 5RW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brompton Hill, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Estuary Reach (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Middle Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brompton Hill —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Khartoum Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Apr 2026Other crime Middle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Manor Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Middle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Cut —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Estuary Reach Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Flaxmans Court —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Estuary Reach Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Estuary Reach Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flaxmans Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Brompton Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brompton Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brompton Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brompton Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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