Total Crime Rate
2280.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1118.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This area has the highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 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 This (ME14 1PP) in the last 12 months was 2280.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3810.7% 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 319 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -45.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 387 (≈ 1118.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode ME14 1PP, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 321 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gabriel'S Hill (125 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Week Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Week Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Week Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Week Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Week Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Week Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Week Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Week Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Week Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Week Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Week Street | Under investigation |
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