Total Crime Rate
2.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Charlotte Drive area has the lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hempstead & Wigmore , and the 2nd 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 Charlotte Drive (ME8 0DA) in the last 12 months was 2.8 per 1,000 residents and was 94.6% 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charlotte Drive (ME8 0DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elizabeth Court, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Caldew Avenue (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hempstead & Wigmore| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Guardian Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elizabeth Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elizabeth Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elizabeth Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | London Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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