Crime Rates at Chaucer Road, Gillingham, ME7 5LT

Chaucer Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Gillingham South , and the 275th 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 Chaucer Road (ME7 5LT) in the last 12 months was 97.0 per 1,000 residents and was 50.4% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chaucer Road (ME7 5LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pretoria Road (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.