Total Crime Rate

592.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

216.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 592.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 216.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 175.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 165.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 54.1 10/10
  • Drugs 51.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 38.7 8/10
  • Public order 33.5 10/10
  • Other crime 23.2 10/10
  • Other theft 18.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.5 9/10
  • Burglary 7.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Union Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 8th 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 Union Street (ME14 1EH) in the last 12 months was 592.8 per 1,000 residents and was 916.6% higher than the Grove Green & Vinters Park average (58.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 216.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Union Street (ME14 1EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 293 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gabriel'S Hill (125 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Union Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Granada Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Quarry Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bluett Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gabriel'S Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Quarry Square Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other crime Quarry Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marsham Street
Apr 2026Drugs Gabriel'S Hill Local resolution
Apr 2026Other crime Quarry Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Gabriel'S Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hedley Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gabriel'S Hill
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Quarry Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Quarry Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order James Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Well Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Well Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Well Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Well Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Well Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gabriel'S Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Church Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Church Street
Apr 2026Other crime Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bluett Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bluett Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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