Total Crime Rate

109.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.8 8/10
  • Drugs 24.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gill Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Strood Rural , and the 248th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gill Avenue (ME2 4SD) in the last 12 months was 109.8 per 1,000 residents and was 99.2% higher than the Strood Rural average (55.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gill Avenue (ME2 4SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gill Avenue (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gill Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Chaplin Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Chaplin Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaplin Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Greenfields Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gill Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Frittenden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wainscott Walk Under investigation
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Data Sources

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