Total Crime Rate
193.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beechings Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Rainham North , and the 92nd 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 Beechings Way (ME8 6NF) in the last 12 months was 193.8 per 1,000 residents and was 180.6% higher than the Rainham North average (69.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 89.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beechings Way (ME8 6NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boughton Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gillingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lyminge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ruckinge Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Twydall Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charing Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Boughton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ruckinge Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ruckinge Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechings Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kingsnorth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluckley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goudhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyminge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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