Crime Rates at Rainham Road, Gillingham, ME7 5LS

Rainham Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Gillingham South , and the 259th 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 Rainham Road (ME7 5LS) in the last 12 months was 97.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.7% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rainham Road (ME7 5LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pretoria Road (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.