Crime Rates at Nursery Road, Gillingham, ME8 0BD

Nursery Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Rainham South East , and the 244th 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 Nursery Road (ME8 0BD) in the last 12 months was 101.1 per 1,000 residents and was 148.8% higher than the Rainham South East average (40.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nursery Road (ME8 0BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Henley Close, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kendal Way (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.