Total Crime Rate

197.7 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 197.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.1 8/10
  • Burglary 15.5 10/10
  • Other theft 11.6 8/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 7.8 5/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Church Walk area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Gillingham , and the 54th 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 Church Walk (SP8 4DR) in the last 12 months was 197.7 per 1,000 residents and was 393.9% higher than the Gillingham average (40.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 93.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Walk (SP8 4DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B3092 (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Walk area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft B3092 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cemetery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlins Way —
Sep 2025Drugs South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Orchard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Common Mead Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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