Total Crime Rate

91.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Gardiner Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gillingham North , and the 288th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gardiner Street (ME7 1DN) in the last 12 months was 91.2 per 1,000 residents and was 23.8% lower than the Gillingham North average (119.6 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 Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gardiner Street (ME7 1DN), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Gardiner Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chatsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skinner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Ridgeway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Connaught Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crown Street —

Data Sources

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