Crime Rate in Barming Heath & Teston, ward

Barming Heath & Teston has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 wards in Maidstone district and the 1467th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 168th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Barming Heath & Teston in the last 12 months was 108.2 per 1,000 residents and was 17.0% higher than the Maidstone district average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Barming Heath & Teston’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 482 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -53.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 536 (≈ 63.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Barming Heath & Teston ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 386 crimes here, including 303 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.