Total Crime Rate
105.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hamilton Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gillingham North , and the 235th 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 Hamilton Road (ME7 1QL) in the last 12 months was 105.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hamilton Road (ME7 1QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ocean Drive, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blake Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gillingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosebery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davenport Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Knight Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parr Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Corporation Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Corporation Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Corporation Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corporation Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ocean Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Milner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pegasus Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pegasus Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Leslie Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Leslie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leslie Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Davenport Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrews Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Camden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kingswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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