Total Crime Rate

42.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 42.1 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Postley Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Fant & Oakwood , and the 202nd lowest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Postley Road (ME15 6TS) in the last 12 months was 42.1 per 1,000 residents and was 58.1% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 28.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 78.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Postley Road (ME15 6TS), the main crime hotspot is near Langton Way. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Postley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Newchurch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Forest Hill Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Tilling Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Monarch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Watersmeet Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Massey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sancroft Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forest Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Courtenay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Courtenay Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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