Crime Statistics for Farthing Corner, Gillingham, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Farthing Corner, Gillingham

There were a total of 54 street level crime incidents in Farthing Corner in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Farthing Corner, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime23
Criminal Damage Arson8
Other Theft7
Anti Social Behaviour5
Vehicle Crime4
Burglary3
Drugs1
Other Crime1
Shoplifting1
Public Order1
All Crime54

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Farthing Corner. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Farthing Corner

We've taken the ten nearest places to Farthing Corner and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Farthing Corner has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Rainham (1.24 miles)128
Moor Street (1.39 miles)111
Farthing Corner54
Hempstead (1.39 miles)51
Bredhurst (1.39 miles)34
Kemsley Street (0.88 miles)17
Breach (2.24 miles)12
Lower Hartlip (1.96 miles)8
Hartlip (1.39 miles)7
Lower Cox Street (1.86 miles)7

7.04%
of Rainham South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Farthing Corner?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Farthing Corner and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Rainham56
Moor Street53
Farthing Corner23
Hempstead22
Kemsley Street8
Bredhurst6
Breach6
Lower Hartlip3
Hartlip1
Lower Cox Street0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Farthing Corner?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Farthing Corner to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Farthing Corner compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Farthing Corner and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Farthing Corner is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Twydall68
2Watling67
3Rainham North64
4Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch62
5Lordswood and Capstone61
6Princes Park61
7Walderslade60
8Rainham South45
9Rainham Central42
10Detling and Thurnham41
11Hempstead and Wigmore27

Which road in Farthing Corner has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Farthing Corner with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Clavell Close.

Last updated: February 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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