Total Crime Rate
484.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
249.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Knightrider Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Allington & Bridge , and the 14th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Knightrider Street (ME15 6LD) in the last 12 months was 484.7 per 1,000 residents and was 407.1% higher than the Allington & Bridge average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 96 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 106 (≈ 249.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knightrider Street (ME15 6LD), the main crime hotspot is near Gabriel'S Hill. Police recorded 264 crimes here, including 125 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gabriel'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Muir Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Regency Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foster Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Foster Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granada Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granada Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Granada Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Granada Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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