Total Crime Rate
83.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wollaston Mews area has the 8th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Rainham South East , and the 306th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wollaston Mews (ME8 9FB) in the last 12 months was 83.0 per 1,000 residents and was 104.4% higher than the Rainham South East average (40.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 46.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wollaston Mews (ME8 9FB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wollaston Close, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walsingham Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rainham South East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsingham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsingham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roper Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roper Close | — |
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