Total Crime Rate

270.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

129.6 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 270.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 129.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 56.3 10/10
  • Drugs 31.0 10/10
  • Other crime 22.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.7 9/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Tufton 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.

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Crime Over Time in Tufton Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Padsole Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Granada Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Granada Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Granada Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Granada Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Granada Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Granada Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences River Bank Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour River Bank Close
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Andrew Broughton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Granada Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kings Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Granada Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Granada Street
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Granada Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Granada Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Granada Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Granada Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Granada Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Granada Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Granada Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Granada Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Granada Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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