Total Crime Rate

112.3 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 112.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.6 8/10
  • Drugs 14.0 9/10
  • Burglary 10.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Church 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.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Stephen'S Square
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Wharf Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharf Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharf Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cornhill Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Farleigh Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barfreston Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Farleigh Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Farleigh Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Farleigh Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Farleigh Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Stephen'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Passmore Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hughenden Reach
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifford Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rockwell Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lindisfarne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Tail Race Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft The Tail Race Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Tail Race Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millbrook Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rockwell Court
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millbrook Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lindisfarne Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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