Total Crime Rate

54.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 54.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

London Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hempstead & Wigmore , and the 361st 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 London Road (ME8 7HQ) in the last 12 months was 54.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% higher 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 5 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 Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around London Road (ME8 7HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Detling Close, where police recorded 25 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.

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Crime Over Time in London Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Guardian Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Elizabeth Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft London Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Detling Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Detling Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Elizabeth Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Elizabeth Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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