Total Crime Rate

456.5 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 456.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 235.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.6 10/10
  • Drugs 32.9 10/10
  • Other theft 28.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.9 10/10
  • Burglary 16.5 10/10
  • Public order 11.8 8/10
  • Robbery 11.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Priory Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Allington & Bridge , and the 14th 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 Priory Road (ME15 6NW) in the last 12 months was 456.5 per 1,000 residents and was 359.8% 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 100 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 112 (≈ 263.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Road (ME15 6NW), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Granada Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granada Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Granada Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rawdon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Granada Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Romney Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Romney Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Street East
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Street East
Sep 2025Shoplifting Granada Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Granada Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Lower Stone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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