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Crime in Medway by area

Every neighbourhood we cover, ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents a year, from police.uk figures for June to August 2026. Highest first. Pick a type of crime to re-rank, or tap a column to sort.

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8,191crimes recordedJune to August 2026
+5%on the 3 months beforemore crime
High Halstowlowest rate16.1 per 1,000 a year
100.3middle areacrimes per 1,000 a year

Darker means more crime per resident. Tap an area for its page.

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Most improved: Snodhurst (-15%), Wayfield (-11%) and Wainscott (-8%), compared with the three months before.

Every area, ranked

#Most common
1Troy TownME1 · 10,368 residents 261.2▲ 30%violence
2BromptonME7 · 75,248 residents 209.2▲ 5%violence
3ChathamME4 · 85,528 residents 202.8▲ 3%violence
4GillinghamME7 · 78,815 residents 190.9▲ 1%violence
5FrindsburyME2 · 42,591 residents 188.7▲ 12%violence
6Upper UpnorME2 · 32,387 residents 176.4▲ 13%violence
7RochesterME1 · 71,572 residents 163.2▲ 8%violence
8StroodME2 · 50,141 residents 154.1▲ 18%violence
9St. Marys IslandME4 · 3,673 residents 138.3▲ 48%violence
10LutonME5 · 17,882 residents 111.2▲ 2%violence
11TwydallME8 · 10,301 residents 109.10%violence
12BorstalME1 · 6,949 residents 101.9▲ 16%violence
13WayfieldME5 · 12,431 residents 101▼ 11%anti-social behaviour
14Rainham MarkME8 · 11,621 residents 100.5▲ 4%violence
15HaleME5 · 10,811 residents 100.3▼ 6%violence
16SnodhurstME5 · 12,097 residents 94.9▼ 15%anti-social behaviour
17AllhallowsME3 · 1,684 residents 90.3▼ 3%violence
18Hoo St WerburghME3 · 15,611 residents 77.1▲ 24%violence
19RainhamME8 · 40,915 residents 73▲ 17%violence
20WainscottME2 · 8,691 residents 70.4▼ 8%violence
21WigmoreME8 · 35,576 residents 68.6▲ 14%violence
22WaldersladeME5 · 42,661 residents 66.7▲ 3%violence
23HempsteadME7 · 8,061 residents 64.5▲ 7%violence
24Lower UpnorME2 · 6,663 residents 64.2▲ 26%violence
25HallingME2 · 4,980 residents 48.2▼ 6%violence
26CliffeME3 · 2,870 residents 43.2▼ 21%anti-social behaviour
27GrainME3 · 1,731 residents 41.6▼ 40%violence
28Cliffe WoodsME3 · 2,854 residents 28▼ 13%violence
29CuxtonME2 · 3,038 residents 25▼ 41%violence
30High HalstowME3 · 2,242 residents 16.1▼ 44%violence

Change compares the last three months with the three before. A dash means too few crimes to compare fairly.

Why busy centres look worst

Crimes are counted where they happen, but residents are counted where they live. Town centres and shopping areas have lots of shops, bars and visitors and not many residents, so their rates come out high even though most people there are just passing through.

How we work it out

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. We count the crimes police.uk records inside the circle over the last three months and turn that into a yearly figure, then divide by the number of people who live inside the circle, from the 2021 Census. Police locations are moved slightly on purpose to protect victims, so treat small differences between neighbouring areas with a pinch of salt.

Sources: data.police.uk and the Office for National Statistics, both under the Open Government Licence. Figures update every month.

Crime in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Medway have the lowest crime?

Over June to August 2026, the areas with the fewest crimes per 1,000 residents were High Halstow, Cuxton, Cliffe Woods, Grain and Cliffe.

Which areas of Medway have the highest crime?

Leaving aside the big shopping and industrial areas, where visitors and workers push the figures up, the highest rates over June to August 2026 were in Troy Town, Brompton, Chatham, Gillingham and Frindsbury.

Is crime going up or down in Medway?

Across Medway, 8,191 crimes were recorded over June to August 2026, 5% more than the three months before.

How is crime per 1,000 residents worked out?

We count the crimes police.uk records inside each area, turn the last three months into a yearly figure, and divide by the number of people who live there from the 2021 Census.