Total Crime Rate
188.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stanley Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gillingham North , and the 96th 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 Stanley Road (ME7 1JP) in the last 12 months was 188.6 per 1,000 residents and was 61.3% higher than the Gillingham North average (116.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 82.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stanley Road (ME7 1JP), the main crime hotspot is near Wharf Road. Police recorded 363 crimes here, including 202 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gillingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saunders Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wharf Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saunders Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saunders Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wharf Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wharf Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wharf Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wharf Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wharf Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saunders Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St George'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St George'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wharf Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saunders Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jeffery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jeffery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Jeffery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Road | Under investigation |
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