Total Crime Rate

317.4 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 317.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 107.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.9 10/10
  • Other theft 29.9 10/10
  • Drugs 24.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.0 10/10
  • Burglary 12.0 9/10
  • Public order 12.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.0 8/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Shoplifting 6.0 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Basil Terrace area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton , and the 23rd 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 Basil Terrace (ME15 6LS) in the last 12 months was 317.4 per 1,000 residents and was 605.4% higher than the Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton average (45.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 119.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Basil Terrace (ME15 6LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near North View (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Basil Terrace area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Watersmeet Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Monarch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Massey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Tilling Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson North View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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