Total Crime Rate

63.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 63.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.6 7/10
  • Other theft 8.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Shoplifting 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Plains Avenue area has the 35th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bearsted & Downswood , and the 212th highest 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 Plains Avenue (ME15 7AR) in the last 12 months was 63.6 per 1,000 residents and was 45.1% higher than the Bearsted & Downswood average (43.8 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plains Avenue (ME15 7AR), the main crime hotspot is near South Park Road. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Plains Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Mulberry Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Brockenhurst Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Park Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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