Total Crime Rate

714.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 714.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 397.1 10/10
  • Other crime 216.6 10/10
  • Other theft 36.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 10.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Maidstone Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Rochester East & Warren Wood , and the 12th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Maidstone Road (ME1 3PH) in the last 12 months was 714.8 per 1,000 residents and was 735.7% higher 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 110 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 113 (≈ 407.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 344.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Maidstone Road (ME1 3PH), the main crime hotspot is near Sylewood Close. Police recorded 147 crimes here, including 80 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Maidstone Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookham Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wake Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Orion Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Orion Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pennant Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sylewood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Galleon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sylewood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sylewood Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sylewood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Tideway
Sep 2025Other theft Sylewood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Sylewood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sylewood Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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