Total Crime Rate
144.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Farleigh Hill area has the 5th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Fant & Oakwood , and the 85th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Farleigh Hill (ME15 6AA) in the last 12 months was 144.7 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% higher than the Fant & Oakwood average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 73.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farleigh Hill (ME15 6AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wharf Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Millbrook Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fant & Oakwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockwell Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Farleigh Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Farleigh Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Passmore Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbrook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Farleigh Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbrook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rockwell Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Stephen'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Farleigh Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Farleigh Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pine Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wharf Road | Under investigation |
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