Total Crime Rate

32.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 32.9 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.9 5/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

New Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Gillingham , and the 600th lowest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around New Road (SP8 4JH) in the last 12 months was 32.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.8% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (SP8 4JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Paris Court, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harding'S Lane (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palace Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rose Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addison Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Meadows —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Meadows —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Meadows —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Meadows —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Meadows —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paris Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paris Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Paris Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paris Court —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lodden View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newbury —
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Data Sources

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