Total Crime Rate
8.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barnsole Road area has the lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Gillingham South , and the 26th 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 Barnsole Road (ME7 4EA) in the last 12 months was 8.4 per 1,000 residents and was 95.7% lower than the Gillingham South average (195.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barnsole Road (ME7 4EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Priestfield Road, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Glanville Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gillingham South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Marathon Paddock | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnsole Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnsole Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnsole Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Linden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Alexandra Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Marathon Paddock | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marathon Paddock | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnsole Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marathon Paddock | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marathon Paddock | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marathon Paddock | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coulman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Franklin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Beresford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnsole Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Barnsole Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Franklin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priestfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Priestfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Priestfield Road | Under investigation |
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