Total Crime Rate

541.2 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 541.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 144.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 134.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 51.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 46.4 8/10
  • Drugs 38.7 10/10
  • Public order 38.7 10/10
  • Other theft 33.5 10/10
  • Other crime 15.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
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

Church Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 9th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Street (ME14 1BF) in the last 12 months was 541.2 per 1,000 residents and was 800.0% higher than the Grove Green & Vinters Park average (60.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 195.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (ME14 1BF), the main crime hotspot is near Gabriel'S Hill. Police recorded 291 crimes here, including 140 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Old School Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyatt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gabriel'S Hill
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gabriel'S Hill
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gabriel'S Hill
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gabriel'S Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Gabriel'S Hill Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Gabriel'S Hill Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Gabriel'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Granada Street
Sep 2025Drugs Gabriel'S Hill Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Gabriel'S Hill Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation

Data Sources

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