Total Crime Rate

81.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 81.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.6 8/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Winchester Place area has the 27th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 154th highest 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 Winchester Place (ME14 2UZ) in the last 12 months was 81.1 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% higher 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2022. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Winchester Place (ME14 2UZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Union Street, where police recorded 73 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 Winchester Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Waterlow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Old School Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brewer Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brewer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft County Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Granville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Granville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wheeler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jeffrey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area 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 2025Burglary Lucerne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bluett Street —
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour County Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penenden Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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