Total Crime Rate

13.8 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 13.8 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

The Spillway area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Fant & Oakwood , and the 34th lowest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Spillway (ME15 6FE) in the last 12 months was 13.8 per 1,000 residents and was 86.3% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Spillway (ME15 6FE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Poppy Close, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wharf Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Spillway area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Wharf Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roseholme Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft The Tail Race Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pine Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Higham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poppy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poppy Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft The Tail Race Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Boatyard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Tail Race Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Roseholme Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharf Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharf Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Roseholme Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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