The overall crime rate in Gillingham city is 146.1 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 5.6k crimes were violent crimes which is 41.2% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 172% of national crime rate. Possession of weapons crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 21.5% over the last twelve months.The category of "other crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Other crime" rate is at 232% of national crime rate which puts Gillingham on 7. position out of 99 England's and Wales' cities in this crime category. "Other crime" makes up 3.2% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "other crime" is 437 cases and has increased by 7.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2023 - October 2024.
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Ranking (99 cities) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime | 41.2% | 9. highest | 172% | 5.6k | -8.7% |
Antisocial behaviour crime | 14.1% | 34. highest | 129% | 1.9k | -10.7% |
Criminal damage and arson crime | 9.7% | 8. highest | 183% | 1.3k | -7.1% |
Other theft crime | 6.4% | 20. highest | 124% | 860 | -6.3% |
Public order crime | 6.1% | 51. lowest | 123% | 828 | -17.9% |
Shoplifting crime | 6.1% | 21. lowest | 108% | 820 | -25.9% |
Vehicle crime | 3.7% | 41. lowest | 87% | 496 | -15.8% |
Other crime | 3.2% | 7. highest | 232% | 437 | 7.6% |
Drugs crime | 2.9% | 28. highest | 149% | 391 | 12.4% |
Burglary crime | 2.8% | 51. lowest | 97% | 380 | -14.8% |
Possession of weapons crime | 1.2% | 21. highest | 185% | 158 | 21.5% |
Robbery crime | 0.9% | 50. highest | 97% | 119 | -16.8% |
Bicycle theft crime | 0.8% | 44. highest | 123% | 114 | 20.0% |
Theft from the person crime | 0.8% | 28. highest | 53% | 113 | 15.3% |
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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This graph compares crime rate in Gillingham city to the national crime rate for each crime statistic.
Crime statistic | Gillingham city crime rate | England and Wales - national crime rate |
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Anti-social behaviour | 20.6 | 15.9 |
Bicycle theft | 1.2 | 1.0 |
Burglary | 4.1 | 4.2 |
Criminal damage and arson | 14.2 | 7.8 |
Drugs | 4.2 | 2.8 |
Other crime | 4.7 | 2.0 |
Other theft | 9.3 | 7.5 |
Possession of weapons | 1.7 | 0.9 |
Public order | 9.0 | 7.3 |
Robbery | 1.3 | 1.3 |
Shoplifting | 8.9 | 8.2 |
Theft from the person | 1.2 | 2.3 |
Vehicle crime | 5.4 | 6.1 |
Violent crime | 60.2 | 35.1 |