Total Crime Rate
179.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Gillingham South , and the 104th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Park Avenue (ME7 4AS) in the last 12 months was 179.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.9% lower than the Gillingham South average (185.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 192.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Avenue (ME7 4AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Watling Street, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Larkfield Avenue (28 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 | Larkfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cleave Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chada Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watling Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watling Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watling Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watling Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watling Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Malvern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Malvern Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleave Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cleave Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cleave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleave Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleave Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnsole Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chada Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Barnsole Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnsole Road | Under investigation |
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