Total Crime Rate

27.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 27.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.2 3/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Waterlow Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 109th 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 Waterlow Road (ME14 2TP) in the last 12 months was 27.3 per 1,000 residents and was 54.6% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterlow Road (ME14 2TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prison, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gladstone Road (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterlow Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lucerne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wheeler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jeffrey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft County Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour County Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Knowle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lucerne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lucerne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Granville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penenden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Waterlow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bluett Street
Sep 2025Drugs Granville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granville Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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