Total Crime Rate
205.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coulman Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Gillingham South , and the 87th 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 Coulman Street (ME7 4HT) in the last 12 months was 205.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% higher 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 136.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coulman Street (ME7 4HT), 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 | Priestfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coulman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glanville Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gillingham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glanville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Priestfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Glanville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ferndale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Franklin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Franklin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Priestfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Priestfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Glanville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Beresford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Linden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Priestfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
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