Crime Rates at Orchard Street, Maidstone, ME15 6NR

Orchard Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Allington & Bridge , and the 112th 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 109.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% higher than the Allington & Bridge average (99.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 46.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% 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 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.