Total Crime Rate
951.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
461.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brunswick Street area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Fant & Oakwood , and the 4th 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 951.3 per 1,000 residents and was 861.1% higher than the Fant & Oakwood average (99.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 89 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -53.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 142 (≈ 461.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.7% 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 227 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (69 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lower Stone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Granada Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granada Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granada Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Padsole Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granada Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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