Total Crime Rate

228.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 228.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 65.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Drugs 14.6 9/10
  • Public order 14.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.6 9/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Other crime 9.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.3 9/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mote 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.

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Crime Over Time in Mote Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Granada Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gabriel'S Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Street East —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Street East —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gabriel'S Hill Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gabriel'S Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gabriel'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gabriel'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gabriel'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gabriel'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gabriel'S Hill Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gabriel'S Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Gabriel'S Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Gabriel'S Hill Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Gabriel'S Hill Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Gabriel'S Hill Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Gabriel'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gabriel'S Hill Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gabriel'S Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gabriel'S Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gabriel'S Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gabriel'S Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gabriel'S Hill —

Data Sources

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