Gillingham
TownTown in Dorset, South West.
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.
Gigabit coverage by town
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Gillingham, 84.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How Gillingham compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
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 46.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 51 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 (169), anti-social behaviour (145) and other crime (82).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Gillingham was 43.3 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 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Gillingham
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset 001A | 2,412 | 106.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 80.8% |
| Dorset 001B | 1,732 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 65.5% |
| Dorset 001C | 1,640 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.6% |
| Dorset 001D | 1,531 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| Dorset 002B | 2,265 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 79.1% |
| Dorset 002D | 1,706 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
Your MP
- Simon HoareConservativeMP for North Dorset
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Gillingham1
Middle areas in Gillingham1
Towns near Gillingham6
Gillingham in brief
Gillingham is a town in Dorset, South West.
About 11,410 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 £265,000 in 2025 across 287 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 46.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Gillingham was £265,000 in 2025.
Gillingham had 11,009 usual residents at the census.
In Gillingham, 84.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Gillingham, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.