Total Crime Rate
208.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moncktons Lane area has the 14th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 42nd 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 208.9 per 1,000 residents and was 258.2% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1184.6% 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 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Calder Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Wood | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Wood | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finch Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calder Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Calder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Royal Engineers' Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Wood | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chatham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Edna Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edna Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Finch Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Finch Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxglove Rise | Under investigation |
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