Total Crime Rate
233.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Station Road area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Gillingham , and the 37th highest crime rate of 1,290 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 Station Road (SP8 4QA) in the last 12 months was 233.2 per 1,000 residents and was 534.0% higher than the Gillingham average (36.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 67.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Station Road (SP8 4QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Addison Close (8 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 | Newbury | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newbury | — |
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