Total Crime Rate

100.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 100.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 33.4 7/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Muir Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Fant & Oakwood , and the 124th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Muir Road (ME15 6PX) in the last 12 months was 100.3 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% lower than the Fant & Oakwood average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -62.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 46.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Muir Road (ME15 6PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barton Road, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Foster Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Muir Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Knightrider Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhithe Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Foster Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regency Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Barton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Stagshaw Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Tilling Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foster Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stagshaw Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Foster Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Knightrider Court —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Stone Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson College Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Street East —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rawdon Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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