# Gillingham

Town in Medway, South East.

Gillingham is a town in Medway, South East. Median sale price £318,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 99.4 per 1,000 people. About 114,100 people.

Town. Code E63005204. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway)

Gillingham is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Gillingham add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £318,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Gillingham was £318,000 in 2025. Joint 376th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-medway#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 108,485** (2021). Gillingham had 108,485 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 99th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-medway#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 78%** (2022). About 78% of people in Gillingham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-medway#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.3%** (January 2026). In Gillingham, 95.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-medway#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005204) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 78% of people in Gillingham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63005204) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,437 homes were sold in Gillingham in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005204) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Gillingham.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005204) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Gillingham had 108,485 usual residents at the census.

## How Gillingham compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Gillingham | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £318,000 | joint 37th cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 108,485 | 12th most populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 78% | joint 71st most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.3% | joint 42nd highest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Gillingham safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Gillingham at a rate of 99.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 980 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Gillingham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (4,076), anti-social behaviour (2,223) and other crime (1,919).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Gillingham was 102.0 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Gillingham, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Gillingham has no single figure. Of its 68 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Gillingham

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Medway 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016035) | 1,961 | 83.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.1% |
| [Medway 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01035290) | 1,841 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Medway 007G](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01035291) | 1,832 | 16.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Medway 007H](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01035292) | 2,125 | 237.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 64.3% |
| [Medway 007I](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01035293) | 1,643 | 125.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 65.0% |
| [Medway 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016033) | 1,279 | 102.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.7% |
| [Medway 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016037) | 1,717 | 309.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Medway 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016039) | 1,694 | 111.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [Medway 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01035294) | 1,719 | 110.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 56.1% |
| [Medway 009F](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01035295) | 1,629 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Medway 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016030) | 1,886 | 92.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% |
| [Medway 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016032) | 1,349 | 143.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Medway 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016034) | 2,541 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.1% |
| [Medway 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016038) | 1,610 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| [Medway 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016031) | 1,797 | 341.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 79.7% |
| [Medway 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016041) | 1,768 | 157.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% |
| [Medway 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016045) | 1,686 | 233.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.9% |
| [Medway 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016049) | 2,109 | 236.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.5% |
| [Medway 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016040) | 1,821 | 155.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| [Medway 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016042) | 1,471 | 102.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Medway 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016043) | 1,455 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| [Medway 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016177) | 1,538 | 153.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| [Medway 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016178) | 1,481 | 97.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Medway 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016044) | 1,775 | 82.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| [Medway 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016046) | 1,612 | 178.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% |
| [Medway 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016047) | 1,772 | 93.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Medway 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016048) | 1,719 | 144.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Medway 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016160) | 1,536 | 73.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| [Medway 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016161) | 1,596 | 168.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Medway 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016162) | 1,648 | 46.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Medway 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016163) | 1,332 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Medway 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016164) | 1,481 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Medway 018F](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016165) | 1,266 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [Medway 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016159) | 1,510 | 126.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Medway 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016174) | 1,486 | 235.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Medway 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016175) | 1,959 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| [Medway 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016179) | 1,328 | 76.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Medway 023A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016093) | 1,812 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 70.2% |
| [Medway 023B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016096) | 1,535 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| [Medway 023C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016166) | 1,565 | 84.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Medway 023D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016167) | 1,442 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Medway 025A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016094) | 1,578 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| [Medway 025B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016095) | 1,340 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| [Medway 025C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016097) | 1,477 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| [Medway 025D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016098) | 1,464 | 142.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| [Medway 025E](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016102) | 1,441 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Medway 029A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016087) | 1,780 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| [Medway 029B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016088) | 1,569 | 90.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [Medway 029C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016089) | 1,547 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.0% |
| [Medway 029D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016090) | 1,526 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Medway 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016085) | 1,631 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| [Medway 030B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016086) | 1,320 | 141.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [Medway 030C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016091) | 1,516 | 15.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| [Medway 030D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016176) | 1,505 | 140.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| [Medway 032A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016101) | 1,444 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Medway 032B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016103) | 1,903 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.6% |
| [Medway 032C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016104) | 1,417 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Medway 032D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016107) | 1,489 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Medway 035A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016050) | 1,674 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.7% |
| [Medway 035B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016051) | 1,562 | 28.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| [Medway 035C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016052) | 1,664 | 155.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| [Medway 035D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016053) | 1,579 | 21.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Medway 035E](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016054) | 1,615 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.1% |
| [Medway 036A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016092) | 1,500 | 32.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| [Medway 036B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016099) | 1,533 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Medway 036C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016100) | 1,536 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Medway 036D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016105) | 1,396 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| [Medway 036E](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016106) | 1,428 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Gillingham and Rainham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/gillingham-and-rainham): Naushabah Khan (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway)

## Postcode districts covering Gillingham

[ME4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me4), [ME7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me7), [ME8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me8)

## Middle areas in Gillingham

[Chatham Maritime](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/chatham-maritime), [Gillingham Central](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/gillingham-central), [Gillingham East](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/gillingham-east), [Gillingham North](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/gillingham-north), [Gillingham North East](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/gillingham-north-east), [Gillingham South](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/gillingham-south), [Gillingham South East](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/gillingham-south-east), [Hempstead & Wigmore](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/hempstead-and-wigmore), [Parkwood East](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/parkwood-east), [Parkwood West](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/parkwood-west), [Rainham North East](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/rainham-north-east), [Rainham North West](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/rainham-north-west), [Rainham South East](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/rainham-south-east), [Rainham South West](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/rainham-south-west), [Twydall](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/twydall)

## Towns near Gillingham

[Chatham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chatham), [Rochester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochester), [Hoo St Werburgh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hoo-st-werburgh), [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/town/maidstone), [Sittingbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sittingbourne), [Bearsted](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bearsted)

## Gillingham in brief

Gillingham is a town in Medway, South East.
About 114,100 people lived in Gillingham in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £318,000 in 2025 across 1,437 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 99.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Gillingham was £318,000 in 2025.
Gillingham had 108,485 usual residents at the census.
About 78% of people in Gillingham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Gillingham, 95.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63005204
- Constituency: [Gillingham and Rainham †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/gillingham-and-rainham)
- Council: [Medway †](https://openindex.co.uk/medway)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 21.90 km²
- People, mid-2024: 114,100*
- Neighbourhoods: 68
- Output areas: 333

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Chatham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chatham), [Rochester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochester), [Hoo St Werburgh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hoo-st-werburgh), [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/town/maidstone), [Sittingbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sittingbourne), [Bearsted](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bearsted)

## Latest updates for Gillingham

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63005204

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