Total Crime Rate
205.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Moncktons Lane area has the 14th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 49th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Moncktons Lane (ME14 2PY) in the last 12 months was 205.7 per 1,000 residents and was 242.0% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 76.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1437.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moncktons Lane (ME14 2PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Wood, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Calder Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Grove Green & Vinters Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Wood | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Calder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Calder Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moncktons Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moncktons Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bambridge Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bambridge Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bambridge Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Wood | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mill Wood | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bambridge Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bambridge Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monckton'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edna Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Edna Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxglove Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Calder Road | Under investigation |
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