Total Crime Rate

24.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 24.9 3/10
  • Violent crimes 21.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Beke Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Rainham South East , and the 132nd 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 Beke Road (ME8 9RL) in the last 12 months was 24.9 per 1,000 residents and was 38.7% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beke Road (ME8 9RL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Beke Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Campleshon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lovelace Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Readscroft Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Readscroft Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crispe Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Crispe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Deanwood Drive —
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovelace Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Plomley Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Foxburrow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stoneacre Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Campleshon Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Plomley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fane Way —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chipstead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Capel Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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