Crime Rates at Lawrence Street, Gillingham, ME7 5TY

Lawrence Street area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gillingham North , and the 349th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lawrence Street (ME7 5TY) in the last 12 months was 73.5 per 1,000 residents and was 38.5% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 32.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawrence Street (ME7 5TY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 321 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (95 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.