Total Crime Rate

123.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 123.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.9 10/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Windmill Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Gillingham South , and the 215th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Windmill Road (ME7 5PD) in the last 12 months was 123.6 per 1,000 residents and was 36.8% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -90.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 89.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -77.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Windmill Road (ME7 5PD), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 259 crimes here, including 169 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Windmill Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Windmill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Byron Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Byron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Byron Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime May Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellington Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windmill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windmill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windmill Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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