Crime Statistics for Frindsbury, Strood, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 319 street level crime incidents in Frindsbury in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Frindsbury, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	147
Anti Social Behaviour	51
Criminal Damage Arson	28
Shoplifting	22
Other Theft	19
Public Order	16
Vehicle Crime	13
Burglary	8
Drugs	6
Other Crime	6
Possession Of Weapons	1
Theft From The Person	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	319

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Frindsbury. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Frindsbury

We've taken the ten nearest places to Frindsbury and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Frindsbury has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Brompton (1.39 miles)	788
Gillingham (2.24 miles)	676
Frindsbury	319
Chatham (2.78 miles)	214
Wayfield (2.56 miles)	207
Borstal (1.96 miles)	105
Lower Upnor (1.75 miles)	80
Chattenden (1.39 miles)	76
Hoo St Werburgh (3.1 miles)	54
Higham (2.24 miles)	23

Where are the most violent places near Frindsbury?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Frindsbury and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Brompton	344
Gillingham	312
Frindsbury	147
Chatham	92
Wayfield	90
Borstal	55
Chattenden	33
Hoo St Werburgh	30
Lower Upnor	28
Higham	11

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Frindsbury?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Frindsbury to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Frindsbury compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Frindsbury and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Frindsbury is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Chatham Central	92
2	Gillingham North	90
3	Luton and Wayfield	89
4	Rochester West	84
5	Rochester East	83
6	River	75
7	Strood South	74
8	Higham	69
9	Strood North	63
10	Rochester South and Horsted	62
11	Strood Rural	56

Which road in Frindsbury has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Frindsbury with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Darnley Road.