Total Crime Rate

642.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 642.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 275.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 96.9 10/10
  • Public order 61.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 51.0 10/10
  • Drugs 51.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 30.6 7/10
  • Other theft 25.5 10/10
  • Other crime 15.3 10/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.2 10/10
  • Robbery 10.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 5.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Week Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 7th 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 Week Street (ME14 1RF) in the last 12 months was 642.9 per 1,000 residents and was 968.9% 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 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 357.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Week Street (ME14 1RF), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 265 crimes here, including 86 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Week Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Faith'S Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earl Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Earl Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Earl Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Earl Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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