Crime Rates at High Street, Brompton, Gillingham, ME7 5AE

High Street area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 318th highest 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 High Street (ME7 5AE) in the last 12 months was 79.8 per 1,000 residents and was 68.7% lower than the Chatham Central & Brompton average (254.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (ME7 5AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brompton Hill, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Estuary Reach (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.