Crime Statistics for High Halstow, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for High Halstow, High Halstow

There were a total of 6 street level crime incidents in High Halstow in January 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 High Halstow, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime3
Anti Social Behaviour1
Possession Of Weapons1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime6

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 High Halstow

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Chattenden (3.1 miles)66
Lower Upnor (2.78 miles)49
Hoo St Werburgh (1.86 miles)41
Cooling (1.96 miles)14
Fenn Street (0.62 miles)11
Cooling Street (2.55 miles)8
Lower Stoke (3.1 miles)7
High Halstow6
Stoke (2.48 miles)3
North Street (1.96 miles)0

20.73%
of Gillingham North residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near High Halstow?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Chattenden28
Lower Upnor22
Hoo St Werburgh22
Cooling8
Fenn Street5
Lower Stoke5
Cooling Street4
High Halstow3
Stoke1
North Street0

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

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 High Halstow 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 High Halstow compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Chatham Central92
2Gillingham North90
3Gillingham South90
4Luton and Wayfield89
5Rochester West84
6River75
7Strood South74
8Twydall68
9Rainham North64
10Strood North63
11Strood Rural56

Which road in High Halstow has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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