Total Crime Rate

179.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 179.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.8 10/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.0 9/10
  • Other crime 12.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 6/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Robbery 9.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Kingswood Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gillingham North , and the 107th 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 Kingswood Road (ME7 1DX) in the last 12 months was 179.6 per 1,000 residents and was 50.2% higher than the Gillingham North average (119.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 116.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingswood Road (ME7 1DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 130 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near King Street (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kingswood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crown Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gillingham
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gillingham
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Balmoral Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Balmoral Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crown Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Otway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windsor Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parr Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order King Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gillingham Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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