Rochester and Strood

England · E14001447

11,942 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, falling versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
11,942
Most common
Violence & sexual offences falling
4,445 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

1,253/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesfalling4,44537.2%
Anti-social behaviourrising2,30319.3%
Shopliftingfalling9658.1%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling9397.9%
Other theftfalling7426.2%
Public orderfalling5374.5%
Drugsrising5134.3%
Vehicle crimefalling4283.6%
Other crimefalling3502.9%
Burglaryfalling2792.3%
Robberyrising1351.1%
Possession of weaponsfalling1231.0%
Bicycle theftrising1181.0%
Theft from the personfalling650.5%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.