Crime Statistics for Minster-in-Sheppey, Swale, Kent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Minster-in-Sheppey in August 2024. There were a total of 120 incidents. 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 Minster-in-Sheppey, 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 Crime40
Anti Social Behaviour24
Criminal Damage Arson18
Other Crime7
Public Order6
Vehicle Crime6
Other Theft5
Possession Of Weapons3
Burglary3
Drugs3
Shoplifting2
Robbery1
Theft From The Person1
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime120

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Minster-in-Sheppey. 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 Minster-in-Sheppey

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Marine Town (1.96 miles)268
Sheerness (2.77 miles)211
Mile Town (2.55 miles)201
Blue Town (2.77 miles)178
Minster-in-Sheppey120
Isle of Sheppey (0.82 miles)86
Warden (4.51 miles)64
Halfway Houses (1.24 miles)61
Rushenden (3.34 miles)30
Bay View (4.16 miles)11

5.06%
of Sheppey Central residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Minster-in-Sheppey?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Marine Town118
Sheerness87
Blue Town83
Mile Town80
Minster-in-Sheppey40
Warden29
Isle of Sheppey26
Halfway Houses24
Bay View8
Rushenden6

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Minster-in-Sheppey?

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 Minster-in-Sheppey 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 Minster-in-Sheppey compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Minster-in-Sheppey and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Minster-in-Sheppey is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1Sheerness90
2Sheppey East88
3Milton Regis80
4Murston75
5Sheppey Central69
6Teynham and Lynsted63
7Kemsley62
8Minster Cliffs59
9Queenborough and Halfway57
10Peninsula52

Which road in Minster-in-Sheppey has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: August 2024
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