Crime Rate in Penenden Heath, ward

Penenden Heath has the 9th lowest crime rate of 21 wards in Maidstone district and the 3513th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 599th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Penenden Heath in the last 12 months was 60.8 per 1,000 residents and was 34.2% lower than the Maidstone district average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Penenden Heath’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 344 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 4 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 70.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -51.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 388 (≈ 26.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Penenden Heath ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Prison, with 55 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Gladstone Road (31 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.