Medway 016B
NeighbourhoodSouth Medway. 1,741 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Medway 016B is in decile 2.
How Medway 016B compares
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Is Medway 016B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Medway 016B at a rate of 178.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 124.0 per 1,000 people across Gillingham South.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 29 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Medway 016B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (115), shoplifting (57) and other crime (56).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Medway
These figures are published for the whole of Medway, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Medway and not Medway 016B alone. See Medway
Medway 016B in brief
Medway 016B has a deprivation score of 38.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Medway 016B had 1,612 usual residents at the census.
In Medway 016B, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Medway 016B, 6.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.