Total Crime Rate
118.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Franklin Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gillingham North , and the 210th 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 Franklin Road (ME7 4DF) in the last 12 months was 118.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.1% higher 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 67.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Franklin Road (ME7 4DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Connaught Road (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gillingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Connaught Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coulman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Duncan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Duncan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lord Duncan Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Connaught Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Connaught Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coulman Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Connaught Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Connaught Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Connaught Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glanville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Glanville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Glanville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glanville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glanville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glanville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coulman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coulman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glanville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillingham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
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