Crime Statistics for Capstone, Chatham, Kent, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 76 street level crime incidents in Capstone 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 Capstone, 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	30
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Other Theft	10
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Vehicle Crime	5
Public Order	4
Burglary	4
Shoplifting	2
Other Crime	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	76

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 Capstone. 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 Capstone

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Gillingham (1.39 miles)	676
Grange (1.96 miles)	252
Chatham (1.24 miles)	214
Wayfield (1.86 miles)	207
Rainham (1.86 miles)	128
Lower Twydall (1.75 miles)	127
Twydall (0.88 miles)	107
Capstone	76
Lords Wood (1.96 miles)	72
Hempstead (0.88 miles)	51

Where are the most violent places near Capstone?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Gillingham	312
Grange	132
Chatham	92
Wayfield	90
Lower Twydall	61
Rainham	56
Twydall	40
Capstone	30
Lords Wood	29
Hempstead	22

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

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 Capstone 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 Capstone compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Capstone and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Capstone have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Gillingham South.

#	Ward	Score
1	Gillingham South	90
2	Luton and Wayfield	89
3	Twydall	68
4	Watling	67
5	Rochester South and Horsted	62
6	Lordswood and Capstone	61
7	Princes Park	61
8	Walderslade	60
9	Rainham South	45
10	Rainham Central	42
11	Hempstead and Wigmore	27

Which road in Capstone has the highest level of crime?

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