Crime Rate in Allington & Bridge, ward

Allington & Bridge has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Maidstone district and the 1791st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 223rd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Allington & Bridge in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% higher than the Maidstone district average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Allington & Bridge’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 279 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , down -61.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 333 (≈ 38.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Allington & Bridge ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near St Peter'S Street, with 105 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (34 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.