Crime Rates at Knight Avenue, Gillingham, ME7 1UE

Knight Avenue area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gillingham North , and the 238th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Knight Avenue (ME7 1UE) in the last 12 months was 114.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% lower than the Gillingham North average (119.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knight Avenue (ME7 1UE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ocean Drive, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Albans Close (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.