Total Crime Rate
270.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
129.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tufton Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 29th 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 Tufton Street (ME14 1ES) in the last 12 months was 270.4 per 1,000 residents and was 363.8% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 129.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tufton Street (ME14 1ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Granada Street, where police recorded 227 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (66 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Padsole Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Granada Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granada Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granada Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granada Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granada Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Granada Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River Bank Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | River Bank Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Andrew Broughton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granada Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granada Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granada Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Under investigation |
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