Crime Rates at Maidstone Road, Rochester, ME1 1RJ

Maidstone Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 318th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Maidstone Road (ME1 1RJ) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% lower than the Rochester East & Warren Wood average (85.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Maidstone Road (ME1 1RJ), the main crime hotspot is near King Street. Police recorded 68 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.