Crime Statistics for Lower Upnor, Frindsbury, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 87 street level crime incidents in Lower Upnor in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lower Upnor, 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	27
Other Theft	13
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Shoplifting	11
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Vehicle Crime	8
Public Order	5
Drugs	2
Other Crime	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	87

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Lower Upnor. 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 Lower Upnor

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Brompton (1.86 miles)	1014
Gillingham (2.56 miles)	827
Frindsbury (1.75 miles)	368
Grange (2.63 miles)	305
Chattenden (0.62 miles)	92
Lower Upnor	87
Hoo St Werburgh (1.39 miles)	52
Higham (3.1 miles)	18
Cooling Street (2.24 miles)	8
High Halstow (2.78 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Lower Upnor?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Brompton	407
Gillingham	344
Frindsbury	162
Grange	144
Chattenden	30
Hoo St Werburgh	28
Lower Upnor	27
Higham	3
High Halstow	2
Cooling Street	1

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

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 Lower Upnor 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 Lower Upnor compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lower Upnor and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lower Upnor is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Chatham Central	92
2	Gillingham North	90
3	Gillingham South	90
4	Luton and Wayfield	89
5	Rochester West	84
6	Rochester East	83
7	River	75
8	Strood South	74
9	Twydall	68
10	Strood North	63
11	Strood Rural	56

Which road in Lower Upnor has the highest level of crime?

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