Crime Rates at Ash Tree Gardens, Weavering, Maidstone, ME14 5LB

Ash Tree Gardens area has the highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bearsted & Downswood , and the 20th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ash Tree Gardens (ME14 5LB) in the last 12 months was 344.1 per 1,000 residents and was 685.1% higher than the Bearsted & Downswood average (43.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 91 (≈ 267.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 826.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ash Tree Gardens (ME14 5LB), the main crime hotspot is near Exton Gardens. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 88 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.