Crime Rate in Gillingham South, ward

Gillingham South has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 wards in Medway district and the 313th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 41st highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Gillingham South in the last 12 months was 195.6 per 1,000 residents and was 78.9% higher than the Medway district average (109.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Gillingham South’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,442 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 28 cases , down -24.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 43.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -24.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,752 (≈ 93.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Gillingham South ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 321 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hospital (169 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.