Crime Rates at Old Castle Walk, Gillingham, ME8 9UF

Old Castle Walk area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Rainham South East , and the 69th lowest 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 Old Castle Walk (ME8 9UF) in the last 12 months was 15.2 per 1,000 residents and was 54.7% lower than the Rainham South East average (33.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Castle Walk (ME8 9UF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lovelace Close, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walsingham Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.