Total Crime Rate

32.7 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 32.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.3 4/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Pimpernel Court area has the 13th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Gillingham , and the 595th lowest crime rate of 1,293 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 Pimpernel Court (SP8 4UW) in the last 12 months was 32.7 per 1,000 residents and was 18.4% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pimpernel Court (SP8 4UW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sycamore Way, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pimpernel Court (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pimpernel Court area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Tudor Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ivy Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ivy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolls Bridge Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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