Crime Rate in Park Wood & Mangravet, ward

Park Wood & Mangravet has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 wards in Maidstone district and the 1395th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 160th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Park Wood & Mangravet in the last 12 months was 110.6 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% higher than the Maidstone district average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Park Wood & Mangravet’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 439 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 70.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 500 (≈ 47.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Park Wood & Mangravet ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Darwin Avenue, with 134 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Penfold Close (23 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.