Total Crime Rate

262.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 262.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.6 9/10
  • Other theft 45.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 37.5 8/10
  • Public order 24.1 10/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Robbery 8.0 8/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Gillingham , and the 34th highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

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 High Street (SP8 4AN) in the last 12 months was 262.7 per 1,000 residents and was 556.5% higher than the Gillingham average (40.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 91.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (SP8 4AN), the main crime hotspot is near Paris Court. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paris Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Common Mead Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paris Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Orchard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cemetery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlins Way
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paris Court
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paris Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft B3092 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street

Data Sources

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