Salmestone vs St Mary's Island

Salmestone has a safety score of 3/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,224 crimes in the last 12 months. St Mary's Island has a safety score of 22/100 (High Crime) with 644 crimes. St Mary's Island scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Salmestone shows a year-on-year crime trend of +46.9% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. St Mary's Island shows +95.2% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Salmestone, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (548 incidents). In St Mary's Island, it is Violent Crime (245 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Salmestone recorded 217 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while St Mary's Island recorded 103. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Salmestone totalled 548 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 245 in St Mary's Island. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Salmestone recorded 833 crimes (now 1,224, a change of +46.9%). St Mary's Island recorded 330 crimes previously (now 644, +95.2%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Salmestone has a resolution rate of 25% and St Mary's Island has 32.2%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Salmestone falls within the Kent Police boundary. St Mary's Island is covered by Kent Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Salmestone and St Mary's Island. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.