Total Crime Rate

99.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 99.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Burglary 10.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 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

Chatham Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Gensing , and the 124th highest crime rate of 289 local areas in Hastings .

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 Chatham Road (TN37 6PJ) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 50.7% lower than the Gensing average (201.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 102.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chatham Road (TN37 6PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 124 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chatham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alma Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Matthew'S Drive —
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alma Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Rochester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Duke Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Oban Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Perth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rectory Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Michele Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Clarence Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Robbery Strood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rochester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rochester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —

Data Sources

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