Chatham Central & Brompton
WardSouth west Medway. About 19,136 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 88% of people in Chatham Central & Brompton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Chatham Central & Brompton compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Chatham Central & Brompton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chatham Central & Brompton at a rate of 164.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.4 per 1,000 people across Medway.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 346 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Chatham Central & Brompton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,276), anti-social behaviour (665) and other crime (560).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Medway
These figures are published for the whole of Medway, not for each ward, so they describe all of Medway and not Chatham Central & Brompton alone. See Medway
Chatham Central & Brompton in brief
Chatham Central & Brompton had 17,193 usual residents at the census.
About 88% of people in Chatham Central & Brompton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Chatham Central & Brompton, 77.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Chatham Central & Brompton, 6.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.