Total Crime Rate
31.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Salisbury Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 134th lowest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Salisbury Road (ME14 2TX) in the last 12 months was 31.5 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 162.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salisbury Road (ME14 2TX), 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 Penenden Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterlow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bluett Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Well Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boxley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Allen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Quarry Square | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hedley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Well Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Well Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Well Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Well Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Well Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waterlow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluett Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Quarry Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gladstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
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