Total Crime Rate

559.3 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 559.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 245.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 101.7 10/10
  • Drugs 67.8 10/10
  • Other theft 50.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.4 10/10
  • Burglary 17.0 10/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 8.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Fairmeadow 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 Fairmeadow (ME14 1FT) in the last 12 months was 559.3 per 1,000 residents and was 830.0% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 271.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairmeadow (ME14 1FT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 208 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bank Street (97 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fairmeadow area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishops Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishops Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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