Total Crime Rate
26.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stanhope Close area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 101st lowest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stanhope Close (ME14 2RB) in the last 12 months was 26.1 per 1,000 residents and was 56.6% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stanhope Close (ME14 2RB), 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 | Egerton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Dickens Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Calder Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Calder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Calder Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bambridge Court | Under investigation |
| 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 | Drugs | Edna Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edna Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dickens Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Wood | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxglove Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monckton'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mill Wood | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Wood | — |
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