Total Crime Rate
150.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marathon Paddock area has the 12th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Gillingham South , and the 147th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Marathon Paddock (ME7 4HE) in the last 12 months was 150.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.9% lower than the Gillingham South average (185.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 92.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marathon Paddock (ME7 4HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Glanville Road (49 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 | Gillingham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Coulman Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Barnabas Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillingham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coulman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coulman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coulman Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coulman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coulman Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coulman Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Albany Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Albany Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Franklin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Seaview Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beresford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beresford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Borough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gillingham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Barnabas Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glanville Road | Under investigation |
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