Total Crime Rate

43.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 43.0 4/10
  • Violent crimes 21.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cross Street area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 200th 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 Cross Street (ME14 2SL) in the last 12 months was 43.0 per 1,000 residents and was 26.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cross Street (ME14 2SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prison, where police recorded 51 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cross Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bluett Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Waterlow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterlow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Well Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Well Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Well Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bluett Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bluett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bluett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boxley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order James Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Well Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Well Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peel Street
Apr 2026Drugs Perryfield Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Perryfield Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Other crime Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Randall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Well Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Quarry Square Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other crime Quarry Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Gladstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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