Total Crime Rate
112.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Fant & Oakwood , and the 110th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Street (ME15 6RB) in the last 12 months was 112.3 per 1,000 residents and was 11.8% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Street (ME15 6RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wharf Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Millbrook Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fant & Oakwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wharf Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cornhill Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Farleigh Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barfreston Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Farleigh Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Farleigh Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Farleigh Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Farleigh Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Stephen'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Passmore Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hughenden Reach | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockwell Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lindisfarne Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Tail Race | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Tail Race | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Tail Race | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbrook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rockwell Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbrook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindisfarne Gardens | Under investigation |
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