Total Crime Rate
28.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queen Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Gillingham , and the 547th lowest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queen Street (SP8 4EE) in the last 12 months was 28.8 per 1,000 residents and was 21.8% lower than the Gillingham average (36.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queen Street (SP8 4EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near South Street, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gillingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodbourne Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Abbott'S Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lodbourne Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bay Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Orchard Road | Local resolution |
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