Total Crime Rate

44.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 44.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

School Lane area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 102 local areas in Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow , and the 141st lowest crime rate of 454 local areas in Swale .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around School Lane (ME9 8RS) in the last 12 months was 44.3 per 1,000 residents and was 31.5% lower than the Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow average (64.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 18.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around School Lane (ME9 8RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chalkhill Close, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Street (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in School Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Sanderling Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sanderling Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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