Gillingham North
WardSouth Medway. About 15,850 people in 2.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 47% of people in Gillingham North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Gillingham North compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Gillingham North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Gillingham North at a rate of 113.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.4 per 1,000 people across Medway.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 201 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Gillingham North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (722), other crime (352) and anti-social behaviour (338).
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 ward, so they describe all of Medway and not Gillingham North alone. See Medway
Gillingham North in brief
Gillingham North had 14,782 usual residents at the census.
About 47% of people in Gillingham North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Gillingham North, 89.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Gillingham North, 5.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.