Total Crime Rate
21.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stoney Bank area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Hempstead & Wigmore , and the 97th 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 Stoney Bank (ME7 3AG) in the last 12 months was 21.3 per 1,000 residents and was 58.7% lower than the Hempstead & Wigmore average (51.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stoney Bank (ME7 3AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grosvenor Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Embassy Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gillingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grosvenor Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grosvenor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Will Adams Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamelin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Embassy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Embassy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Embassy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Embassy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Embassy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
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