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

Hardings Lane 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 Hardings Lane (SP8 4HX) 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 Hardings Lane (SP8 4HX), the main crime hotspot is near Harding'S Lane. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hardings Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newbury —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palace Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rose Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palace Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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