Total Crime Rate

179.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

124.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 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 179.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 124.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 124.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower Rainham Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gillingham North , and the 111th highest crime rate of 822 local areas in Medway .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Rainham Road (ME7 2XS) in the last 12 months was 179.3 per 1,000 residents and was 51.2% higher than the Gillingham North average (118.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 124.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Rainham Road (ME7 2XS), the main crime hotspot is near Odo Rise. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Rainham Road area

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Data Sources

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