Total Crime Rate
43.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coniston Close area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gillingham North , and the 287th lowest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Coniston Close (ME7 2TH) in the last 12 months was 43.5 per 1,000 residents and was 62.8% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coniston Close (ME7 2TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grange Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gillingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Woodlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Groombridge Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazlemere Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fitzgilbert Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayeux Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bayeux Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tangmere Close | Under investigation |
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