Crime Rates at Westcourt Street, Gillingham, ME7 5RD

Westcourt Street area has the 53rd highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 207th 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 Westcourt Street (ME7 5RD) in the last 12 months was 119.7 per 1,000 residents and was 53.0% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 87.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westcourt Street (ME7 5RD), 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.