Total Crime Rate
491.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
254.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairmeadow area has the 8th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 12th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fairmeadow (ME14 1FT) in the last 12 months was 491.5 per 1,000 residents and was 743.0% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 254.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairmeadow (ME14 1FT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 235 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bank Street (106 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pudding Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Week Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Week Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Week Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Week Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Week Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Week Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Week Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Week Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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