Crime Rates at Kirkdale Cottages, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0EA

Kirkdale Cottages area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Coxheath & Farleigh , and the 175th 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 Kirkdale Cottages (ME15 0EA) in the last 12 months was 38.2 per 1,000 residents and was 41.6% lower than the Coxheath & Farleigh average (65.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 75.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kirkdale Cottages (ME15 0EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Loose Hill, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Street (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.