Total Crime Rate

181.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 181.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 83.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Barton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Fant & Oakwood , and the 56th 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 Barton Road (ME15 7BU) in the last 12 months was 181.8 per 1,000 residents and was 81.0% higher than the Fant & Oakwood average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 53.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barton Road (ME15 7BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barton Road, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brunswick Street East (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Stone Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Street East —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Street East —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Astley Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Barton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stagshaw Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsley Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street —
Sep 2025Other crime St Philip'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Road —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Upper Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stagshaw Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Upper Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rawdon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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