Total Crime Rate
18.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kestrel Mews area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Maldon East , and the 50th lowest crime rate of 205 local areas in Maldon .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kestrel Mews (CM9 5LJ) in the last 12 months was 18.9 per 1,000 residents and was 78.5% lower than the Maldon East average (87.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kestrel Mews (CM9 5LJ), the main crime hotspot is near Meadway. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Maldon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlowe Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poulton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meadway | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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