Total Crime Rate

133.1 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 133.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.6 9/10
  • Other theft 14.4 9/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

The Hurstings area has the 6th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Fant & Oakwood , and the 92nd 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 The Hurstings (ME15 6YN) in the last 12 months was 133.1 per 1,000 residents and was 32.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Hurstings (ME15 6YN), the main crime hotspot is near Bower Lane. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Hurstings area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bower Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft The Tail Race Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft The Tail Race Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Tail Race Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pine Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Higham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poppy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poppy Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Boatyard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharf Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharf Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wharf Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roseholme Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Roseholme Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Roseholme Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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