Total Crime Rate
1146.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brunswick Street area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Fant & Oakwood , and the 3rd 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 Brunswick Street (ME15 6NP) in the last 12 months was 1146.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1041.2% higher than the Fant & Oakwood average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 115 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 137.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 171 (β 555.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 207.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brunswick Street (ME15 6NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Granada Street, where police recorded 200 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (74 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fant & Oakwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Romney Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Romney Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Foster Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Waterloo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Street East | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Street East | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Foster Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foster Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Knightrider Court | β |
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