Crime Rates at High Street, Maidstone, ME14 1JH

High Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 11th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (ME14 1JH) in the last 12 months was 500.0 per 1,000 residents and was 731.4% 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 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -63.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 219.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (ME14 1JH), the main crime hotspot is near Gabriel'S Hill. Police recorded 291 crimes here, including 140 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.