Total Crime Rate

268.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 268.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 162.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 46.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Burglary 13.9 9/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Skinner Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gillingham North , and the 58th 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 Skinner Street (ME7 1LD) in the last 12 months was 268.5 per 1,000 residents and was 124.4% 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 166.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Skinner Street (ME7 1LD), 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 (111 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Skinner Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saunders Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order King Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Black Lion Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Black Lion Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fox Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Saunders Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jeffery Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lawrence Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lawrence Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Chatsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Saunders Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chatsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chatsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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