Total Crime Rate
101.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hayle Road 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 Hayle Road (ME15 6PG) 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 Hayle Road (ME15 6PG), the main crime hotspot is near Foster Street. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Langton Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | King Edward Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salem Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Tovil Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightrider Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightrider Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Knightrider Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tilling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tilling Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stagshaw Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Langton Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheal'S Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sheal'S Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sheal'S Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sheal'S Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rawdon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River View | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rawdon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rawdon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ramsey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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