Rainham South East
WardSouth east Medway. About 13,664 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Rainham South East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Rainham South East compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Rainham South East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rainham South East at a rate of 48.4 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, 53 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rainham South East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (209), anti-social behaviour (189) and other crime (110).
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 Rainham South East alone. See Medway
Rainham South East in brief
Rainham South East had 13,629 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Rainham South East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rainham South East, 99.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Rainham South East, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.