Total Crime Rate
132.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Chenies area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 89th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Chenies (ME15 6EE) in the last 12 months was 132.4 per 1,000 residents and was 127.1% higher 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 78.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Chenies (ME15 6EE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mote Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Anne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Andrew Broughton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Padsole Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Padsole Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Padsole Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Padsole Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Padsole Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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