Crime in ME10 5
How much crime is recorded in ME10 5, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Swale
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 7,047 (2024)
ME10 5Postcode sector · Sittingbourne
How safe is ME10 5
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 22.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in ME10 5, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 22% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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Postcodes in this sector
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