Crime Rates at Vicarage Road, Gillingham, ME7 5JA

Vicarage Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gillingham North , and the 162nd 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 Vicarage Road (ME7 5JA) in the last 12 months was 147.2 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% higher than the Gillingham North average (119.6 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 Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 97.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road (ME7 5JA), the main crime hotspot is near Theodore Place. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.