Total Crime Rate

127.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Drugs 21.2 10/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Union Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 98th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Union Street (ME14 1JY) in the last 12 months was 127.0 per 1,000 residents and was 111.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Union Street (ME14 1JY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 256 crimes here, including 99 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Union Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kings Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brewer Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brewer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour County Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft County Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Lucerne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wheeler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jeffrey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lucerne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lucerne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Old School Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —

Data Sources

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