Total Crime Rate

3.6 per 1,000 1/10 · Very 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 3.6 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dignals Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Rainham North , and the 8th 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 Dignals Close (ME8 7NZ) in the last 12 months was 3.6 per 1,000 residents and was 95.4% lower than the Rainham North average (79.1 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 (≈ 3.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dignals Close (ME8 7NZ), the main crime hotspot is near Granary Close. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dignals Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Granary Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Granary Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parkfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Tufton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Webster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Webster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Webster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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