Total Crime Rate
228.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mote Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 42nd 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 Mote Road (ME15 6EP) in the last 12 months was 228.7 per 1,000 residents and was 280.3% 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 Shoplifting with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 82.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mote Road (ME15 6EP), the main crime hotspot is near Gabriel'S Hill. Police recorded 291 crimes here, including 140 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Grove Green & Vinters Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gabriel'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Street East | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Street East | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gabriel'S Hill | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gabriel'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gabriel'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gabriel'S Hill | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gabriel'S Hill | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gabriel'S Hill | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gabriel'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gabriel'S Hill | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gabriel'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gabriel'S Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gabriel'S Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gabriel'S Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gabriel'S Hill | — |
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