Total Crime Rate
1382.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gillingham North , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (ME7 1AS) in the last 12 months was 1382.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1055.2% higher than the Gillingham North average (119.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 213 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , up 20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 213 (≈ 465.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (ME7 1AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 321 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (95 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gillingham North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Connaught Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Saunders Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Saunders Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Saunders Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saunders Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lawrence Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lawrence Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trafalgar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Randolph Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chartwell Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnwell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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