Total Crime Rate
51.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Peel Street area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 237th lowest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Peel Street (ME14 2SA) in the last 12 months was 51.4 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Peel Street (ME14 2SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gladstone Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Well Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hope Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Randall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gladstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gladstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterlow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waterlow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Quarry Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Quarry Square | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Quarry Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Quarry Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Well Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandling Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandling Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandling Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Well Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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