Crime in ME5 8YL
How much crime is recorded in ME5 8YL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Capstone
- Council
- Medway
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,285 (2024)
ME5 8YLChatham
How safe is ME5 8YL
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 30.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the ME5 8YL area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 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 36% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.