Crime Rates at Orchard Street, Maidstone, ME15 6NR

Orchard Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Allington & Bridge , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Orchard Street (ME15 6NR) in the last 12 months was 101.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.1% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 54.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orchard Street (ME15 6NR), 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.