Total Crime Rate
250.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
137.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Canterbury Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Gillingham South , and the 66th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Canterbury Street (ME7 5XT) in the last 12 months was 250.8 per 1,000 residents and was 35.4% higher 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 137.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Canterbury Street (ME7 5XT), 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.
View Crime In Gillingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chaucer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pretoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cowper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jezreels Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pretoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pretoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stopford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stopford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stopford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Stopford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kimberley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Seaview Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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